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今夜月明人尽望

今夜月明人盡望
Jīnyè yuè míng rén jìn wàng
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 tonight the moon is bright and everyone gazes up
  2. 2 the shared longing of all who look at the same Mid-Autumn moon
  3. 3 (literal) tonight moon-bright people all gaze

Examples

HSK 7-9
今夜月明人尽望，不知秋思落谁家，王建此句写尽中秋思念。
Jīnyè yuè míng rén jìn wàng, bùzhī qiūsī luò shuí jiā, Wáng Jiàn cǐ jù xiějìn Zhōngqiū sīniàn.
'Tonight the moon is bright and everyone gazes up - who knows into whose home the autumn longing will fall?' - Wang Jian says all that needs saying about Mid-Autumn.
HSK 7-9
中秋夜群发短信，最合适引用的就是今夜月明人尽望。
Zhōngqiū yè qúnfā duǎnxìn, zuì héshì yǐnyòng de jiùshì jīnyè yuè míng rén jìn wàng.
For Mid-Autumn group texts, no line suits better than 'tonight the moon is bright and everyone gazes up.'

Tips

history
From 王建 《十五夜望月寄杜郎中》, a Mid-Tang Mid-Autumn quatrain sent to his friend Official Du: 中庭地白树栖鸦，冷露无声湿桂花 (in the courtyard, earth pale, crows perch in trees; cold dew, soundless, wets the cassia flowers). A beloved Mid-Autumn poem for its collective 'everyone is looking up'.
usage
Always paired with 不知秋思落谁家 - the couplet is the poem's emotional turn. 尽 here means 'all / exhaustively' (everyone, without exception), a classical usage.

Stroke Order

今 jīn
夜 yè
月 yuè
明 míng
人 rén
尽 jìn
望 wàng