露从今夜白

露從今夜白
lùcóngjīnyèbái
phrase

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

Lù cóng jīn yè bái, yuè shì gùxiāng míng — xiāngchóu zuì shēn de jùzi zhī yī.
'The dew turns white from tonight, the moon is brightest over home' — one of the deepest lines of homesickness.
Báilù jiéqì, xiǎngqǐ Dù Fǔ 'lù cóng jīn yè bái'.
At the White Dew solar term, one recalls Du Fu's 'the dew turns white from tonight.'

Stroke Order

cóng
jīn
bái