月夜忆舍弟

月夜憶舍弟

Yuèyè yì shèdì

proper noun

Meanings

1 Remembering My Brothers on a Moonlit Night, Du Fu's poem of 759

Characters

to remember; to miss

younger brother

Examples

HSK 7-9

杜甫在战乱中和弟弟们失散了，于是写下了《月夜忆舍弟》。

Dù Fǔ zài zhànluàn zhōng hé dìdimen shīsàn le, yúshì xiěxià le 《 Yuèyè yì shèdì 》.

Du Fu was separated from his younger brothers in the war, and so he wrote 'Remembering My Brothers on a Moonlit Night'.

HSK 7-9

《月夜忆舍弟》里的“月是故乡明”，现在常用来表达对家乡的思念。

《 Yuèyè yì shèdì 》 lǐ de " yuè shì gùxiāng míng ", xiànzài cháng yònglái biǎodá duì jiāxiāng de sīniàn.

'The moon is brightest over home', from 'Remembering My Brothers on a Moonlit Night', is now often used to express longing for one's home town.

Tips

culture

Written in the autumn of 759 at Qinzhou, in today's Gansu, during the An Lushan rebellion. It opens 戍鼓断人行，边秋一雁声。露从今夜白，月是故乡明。 'Garrison drums stop all travel; in the border autumn, the cry of a single goose. The dew turns white from tonight; the moon is brightest over home.'

usage

舍弟 is a humble way to say 'my younger brother' when speaking to others; the matching term for an elder brother is 家兄.

Stroke Order

月 yuè

夜 yè

忆 yì

舍 shě

弟 dì