花市灯如昼

花市燈如晝
huāshìdēngrúzhòu
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 the flower market is lit as bright as day
  2. 2 lanterns turn the fair into daylight
  3. 3 Ouyang Xiu's evocation of the Lantern Festival

Examples

Yuánxiāo jié de miàohuì, huā shì dēng rú zhòu, yóurén rú zhī.
At the Lantern Festival fair, the flower market is lit like day and visitors throng like weavers.
Nánjīng Fūzǐmiào yī dào Chūnjié jiù huā shì dēng rú zhòu.
At Spring Festival, Nanjing's Confucius Temple fair is lit as bright as day.

Stroke Order

huā
shì
dēng
zhòu