光影

guāngyǐng
noun #33,763

Meanings

  1. 1 light and shadow
  2. 2 play of light and shade
  3. 3 cinema, the art of moving pictures

Examples

HSK 3
Tā yòng yìshēng jìlù guāngyǐng de gùshi.
He spent his whole life documenting stories in light and shadow.
HSK 7-9
Shùyè jiān de guāngyǐng bānbó ér měilì.
The dappled light and shadow between the leaves is beautiful.

Tips

usage
Often poetic - describes the visual interplay you'd see in dappled forests, sunset rooms, or photography. By metonymy 光影 also stands in for cinema itself (think 'silver screen' in English): 光影艺术 = the art of moving pictures, 光影世界 = the cinematic world.

Stroke Order

guāng
yǐng