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明月几时有

明月幾時有
míngyuèjǐshíyǒu
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 when does the bright moon appear?
  2. 2 opening line of Su Shi's famous Mid-Autumn ci poem
  3. 3 a rhetorical question addressed to the moon

Examples

中秋夜他轻声吟诵"明月几时有，把酒问青天"。
Zhōngqiū yè tā qīng shēng yínsòng 'míng yuè jǐ shí yǒu, bǎ jiǔ wèn qīngtiān'.
On Mid-Autumn night he softly recited 'When does the bright moon appear? Wine in hand, I ask the sky.'
苏轼的《水调歌头》开头"明月几时有"几乎人人皆知。
Sū Shì de 'Shuǐdiào Gētóu' kāitóu 'míng yuè jǐ shí yǒu' jīhū rén rén jiē zhī.
The opening of Su Shi's 'Shuidiao Getou' — 'When does the bright moon appear' — is known to almost everyone.

In Pop Culture

但愿人长久 Dànyuàn Rén Chángjiǔ
May We Live Long
1983 song by Teresa Teng 邓丽君 setting Su Shi's ci to music, covered by countless artists.

Stroke Order

明 míng
月 yuè
几 jǐ
时 shí
有 yǒu