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暮色苍茫看劲松

暮色蒼茫看勁松
mùsècāngmángkànjìngsōng
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 in the vast dusk I gaze upon the sturdy pines
  2. 2 (fig.) remain steadfast and resolute in the face of adverse times
  3. 3 (lit.) dusk-color vast-boundless look-at sturdy-pine

Examples

面对外界压力，他以暮色苍茫看劲松的气度坚持信念。
Miànduì wàijiè yālì, tā yǐ mùsè cāngmáng kàn jìngsōng de qìdù jiānchí xìnniàn.
Facing outside pressure, he held to his convictions with the bearing of 'gazing on sturdy pines in the vast dusk.'
老领导题词暮色苍茫看劲松，鼓励后辈不惧风雨。
Lǎo lǐngdǎo tící mùsè cāngmáng kàn jìngsōng, gǔlì hòubèi bú jù fēngyǔ.
The veteran leader inscribed 'in vast dusk I look on sturdy pines' to urge juniors not to fear storms.

Tips

history
From 毛泽东《七绝·为李进同志题所摄庐山仙人洞照》(Mao Zedong, September 1961, on a photograph of Mount Lu's Immortal's Cave taken by 李进 — Jiang Qing's pen name): 暮色苍茫看劲松，乱云飞渡仍从容。天生一个仙人洞，无限风光在险峰 (In the vast dusk I gaze on sturdy pines; the tangled clouds rush past, yet they stand composed. Nature made this Immortal's Cave — the boundless view lies on the perilous peak). Written during the Sino-Soviet split and early famine years, the poem became a symbol of holding firm against external pressure.
usage
Pairs with 乱云飞渡仍从容 (the tangled clouds sweep past, yet it stands composed). Together the couplet is one of Mao's most anthologized. 劲 is read jìng here (meaning 'strong, sturdy'), not jìn.

Stroke Order

暮 mù
色 sè
苍 cāng
茫 máng
看 kàn
劲 jìn
松 sōng