夜色苍茫

夜色蒼茫

yèsè-cāngmáng

idiom

Meanings

1 gathering dusk
2 vast and dim night scene
3 twilight stretching into darkness

Characters

dark blue / vast

boundless / indistinct

Examples

HSK 5

他在夜色苍茫中独自前行。

Tā zài yèsècāngmáng zhōng dúzì qiánxíng.

He walked on alone through the gathering dusk.

HSK 7-9

夜色苍茫，远山若隐若现。

Yèsècāngmáng, yuǎn shān ruòyǐnruòxiàn.

Dusk gathers, and the distant mountains fade in and out of view.

Tips

register

Literary register - found in fiction, lyrics, and travel writing. 苍茫 (vast and indistinct) gives the night a sweeping, lonely feel.

Stroke Order

夜 yè

色 sè

苍 cāng

茫 máng