日暮

rìmù
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 sunset; dusk; nightfall

Examples

Rìmù shífēn, cūn lǐ piāo qǐ le chuīyān.
At sunset, smoke from cooking fires drifted up over the village.
Tāmen rìmù cái dàodá shāndǐng.
They didn't reach the summit until dusk.

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日暮 is poetic and literary — common in classical poetry and song lyrics. Everyday equivalents are 黄昏 (huánghūn) or 傍晚 (bàngwǎn).
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The Tang poet Cui Hao's line 日暮何处 (Rìmù xiāngguān héchù shì, 'At dusk, where is my hometown?') from is one of the most quoted lines in Chinese poetry — 日暮 is forever tied to homesickness in literary memory.

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