The sun is going down.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
夕阳西下
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
the sun sets in the west (idiom)
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 夕阳西下 actually appears in real sentences.
These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 夕阳西下 appears in 2 of the 89,190 sentences we searched.
We are watching the sun set.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 夕阳西下.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 夕阳西下.
Directly before
- 看著夕阳西下1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 夕阳西下
What does 夕阳西下 mean in Chinese?
夕阳西下 (xīyángxīxià) means the sun sets in the west (idiom).
How do you pronounce 夕阳西下?
夕阳西下 is pronounced xīyángxīxià.
Is 夕阳西下 an HSK word?
夕阳西下 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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