光影

guāngyǐng
noun #33,763

Meanings

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

Examples

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

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