露从今夜白

露從今夜白
Lù cóng jīn yè bái
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 the dew turns white from tonight on
  2. 2 starting tonight the dew is white (White Dew begins)
  3. 3 Du Fu's line marking the solar term Bailu in a poem of war-torn longing

Examples

Lùcóngjīnyèbái, yuèshìgùxiāngmíng — — xiāng chóu zuì shēn de jùzi zhīyī.
'The dew turns white from tonight, the moon is brightest over home' — one of the deepest lines of homesickness.
Báilù jiéqì, xiǎngqǐ Dùfǔ " lùcóngjīnyèbái ".
At the White Dew solar term, one recalls Du Fu's 'the dew turns white from tonight.'

Stroke Order

cóng
jīn
bái