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依依墟里烟

依依墟裏煙
yīyī xū lǐ yān
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 gently lingering smoke from the hamlet
  2. 2 (fig.) the quiet evening atmosphere of a rural village
  3. 3 (lit.) softly-lingering village-hamlet smoke

Examples

黄昏时走过小村，依依墟里烟的意境立刻浮现。
Huánghūn shí zǒuguò xiǎo cūn, yīyīxūlǐyān de yìjìng lìkè fúxiàn.
Passing through a little village at dusk, the mood of 'gently lingering hamlet smoke' instantly came to mind.
这幅山水画画出了依依墟里烟的田园气息。
Zhè fú shānshuǐhuà huà chū le yīyīxūlǐyān de tiányuán qìxī.
This landscape painting captures the pastoral air of 'softly lingering village smoke.'

Tips

history
From 陶渊明《归园田居》其一 (Tao Yuanming, Eastern Jin, c. 405 CE): 暧暧远人村，依依墟里烟。狗吠深巷中，鸡鸣桑树颠 (Dim-dim the distant villages, softly-lingering the hamlet smoke. Dogs bark deep in the lane, roosters crow atop mulberry trees). Written right after Tao quit his magistrate post, this is the foundational poem of the Chinese pastoral tradition.
usage
依依 = reluctant-to-leave, gently lingering (reduplicated adjective, often used for willows/smoke/parting). 墟里 = rural hamlet (墟 = market-village, old reading xū). Inseparable from 暧暧远人村 as a couplet — the two lines together paint a faded-dusk village scene.

Stroke Order

依 yī
墟 xū
里 lǐ
烟 yān