一夜鱼龙舞

一夜魚龍舞
yīyèyúlóngwǔ
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 all night long the fish and dragon lanterns danced
  2. 2 (fig.) the whirling riot of a Lantern Festival night — noise, color, illusion
  3. 3 (lit.) one-night fish-dragon dance

Examples

Yuánxiāo jié jiē shàng dēnghuǒ huīhuáng, zhēn yǒu yī yè yú lóng wǔ de rènào.
Lantern Festival streets blaze with light — truly 'all night the fish and dragon lanterns dance.'
Zhè chǎng yǎnchànghuì cuǐcàn duómù, wǎnrú yī yè yú lóng wǔ.
The concert was dazzling — like 'a whole night of fish and dragon lanterns dancing.'

Tips

history
From ·》(Xin Qiji, 'Qing Yu An: Lantern Festival,' Southern Song, late 12th c.): 宝马 (East wind on the night unlooses a thousand trees of flowers, then shakes them down like stars in rain. Fine horses and carved carriages crowd the fragrant streets; phoenix flutes sound, jade-jar lamps turn, all night the fish and dragons dance). The poem ends with 回首灯火 — one of the most famous lines in all Chinese literature.
usage
= fish-and-dragon lanterns carried in the Lantern Festival parade. Quoted to evoke the Lantern Festival () or any dazzling night scene. Paired with the earlier in the original.

Stroke Order

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