落霞

luòxiá

noun

Meanings

HSK 5

傍晚，天边的落霞红得像火。

Bàngwǎn, tiānbiān de luòxiá hóng de xiàng huǒ.

At dusk the sunset clouds on the horizon were as red as fire.

HSK 6

我们坐在江边，看落霞一点点染红江面。

Wǒmen zuò zài jiāngbiān, kàn luòxiá yìdiǎndiǎn rǎnhóng jiāngmiàn.

We sat by the river and watched the evening glow slowly turn the water red.

culture

Famous from 王勃's 《滕王阁序》: 落霞与孤鹜齐飞，秋水共长天一色 'the sunset clouds fly with a lone wild duck; the autumn water shares one colour with the endless sky'.

落 luò

霞 xiá