夕阳
xī yáng
Pinyin

Definition

夕阳
 - 
xī yáng
  1. sunset
  2. the setting sun

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

Chú xī
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve
qián xī
  1. 1 eve
  2. 2 the day before
xī yáng
  1. 1 sunset
  2. 2 the setting sun
zhāo xī
  1. 1 morning and night
  2. 2 all the time
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
Qī xī
  1. 1 double seven festival, evening of seventh of lunar seventh month
  2. 2 girls' festival
  3. 3 Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女 are allowed their annual meeting
Qī xī jié
  1. 1 Qixi Festival or Double Seven Festival on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month
  2. 2 girls' festival
  3. 3 Chinese Valentine's day, when Cowherd and Weaving maid 牛郎織女|牛郎织女[niú lǎng zhī nu:3] are allowed their annual meeting
wēi zài dàn xī
  1. 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2 on the brink of crisis
  1. 1 dusk
  2. 2 evening
  3. 3 Taiwan pr. [xì]
xī zhào
  1. 1 glow of the setting sun
zhāo bù bǎo xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth
zhāo lìng xī gǎi
  1. 1 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
Zhāo huā xī shī
  1. 1 "Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk", a collection of autobiographical essays by Lu Xun 魯迅|鲁迅[Lǔ Xùn]
huā zhāo yuè xī
  1. 1 a beautiful day
  2. 2 cf Birthday of the Flowers on lunar 15th February and Mid-autumn Festival on lunar 15th August
Bīn xī fǎ ní yà
  1. 1 Pennsylvania
Bīn xī fǎ ní yà zhōu
  1. 1 Pennsylvania

Idioms (14)

一夕数惊
yī xī shù jīng
  1. 1 one scare after another (idiom)
  2. 2 in a constant state of tension
一朝一夕
yī zhāo yī xī
  1. 1 lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. in a short period of time
  3. 3 overnight
危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
  1. 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2 on the brink of crisis
只争朝夕
zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
  1. 1 to seize every minute (idiom)
  2. 2 to make the best use of one's time
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
夕阳西下
xī yáng xī xià
  1. 1 the sun sets in the west (idiom)
天有不测风云,人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
朝不保夕
zhāo bù bǎo xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth
朝不虑夕
zhāo bù lu:4 xī
  1. 1 at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom); precarious state
  2. 2 imminent crisis
  3. 3 living from hand to mouth
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)
朝令夕改
zhāo lìng xī gǎi
  1. 1 to make frequent or unpredictable changes in policy (idiom)
朝闻夕改
zhāo wén xī gǎi
  1. 1 lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening
  2. 2 to correct an error very quickly (idiom)
朝过夕改
zhāo guò xī gǎi
  1. 1 to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 to quickly amend one's ways
朝饔夕飧
zhāo yōng xī sūn
  1. 1 lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to do nothing but eat and drink

Sample Sentences

随着网络的高度发展,消费者利用网络下载或是在线收听免费音乐成为主流,音乐产业已经成为所谓的”夕阳产业”。
suízhe wǎngluò de gāodù fāzhǎn ,xiāofèizhě lìyòng wǎngluò xiàzǎi huòshì zàixiàn shōutīng miǎnfèi yīnyuè chéngwéi zhǔliú ,yīnyuè chǎnyè yǐjīng chéngwéi suǒwèi de ”xīyáng chǎnyè ”。
As the Internet has developed at a fast pace, consumers downloading or listening to music online has become the mainstream, so the music industry has already become a "twilight industry".
试图让夕阳飞翔,
shìtú ràng xīyáng fēixiáng ,
I try to hold the setting sun