后羿射日

Hòu Yì shè rì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Hou Yi Shoots Down the Suns, the Chinese myth of the archer who shot down nine of ten suns

Examples

HSK 3
Xiǎoshíhou, nǎinai cháng gěi wǒ jiǎng Hòu Yì shè rì de gùshi.
When I was little, Grandma often told me the story of Hou Yi shooting down the suns.
HSK 5
Hòu Yì shè rì shì Zhōngguó yǒumíng de shénhuà gùshi.
Hou Yi Shoots Down the Suns is a famous Chinese myth.

Tips

culture
Ten suns rose into the sky at once and scorched the earth, until the archer 后羿 shot down nine and left one. It is usually told with 嫦娥奔月, the story of his wife flying to the moon, and 女娲补天, Nüwa mending the sky.
history
The earliest full telling is in the 淮南子: in the time of the sage king 尧, ten suns came out together, and Yi was sent to shoot them down.

Stroke Order

后 hòu
羿 Yì
射 shè
日 rì