夜幕低垂
yè mù dī chuí
Pinyin

Definition

夜幕低垂
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yè mù dī chuí
  1. darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夜
yè
  1. 1 variant of 夜[yè]
低
dī
  1. 1 low
  2. 2 beneath
  3. 3 to lower (one's head)
  4. 4 to let droop
  5. 5 to hang down
  6. 6 to incline
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
夜店
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
夜晚
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
夜间
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
宵夜
xiāo yè
  1. 1 midnight snack
  2. 2 late-night snack
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
下垂
xià chuí
  1. 1 to droop
  2. 2 to sag
  3. 3 to hang down
  4. 4 sagging
  5. 5 drooping
  6. 6 prolapse (medicine)
今夜
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
低下
dī xià
  1. 1 low status
  2. 2 lowly
  3. 3 to lower (one's head)
低于
dī yú
  1. 1 to be lower than
低估
dī gū
  1. 1 to underestimate
  2. 2 to underrate
低价
dī jià
  1. 1 low price
低温
dī wēn
  1. 1 low temperature
低级
dī jí
  1. 1 low level
  2. 2 rudimentary
  3. 3 vulgar
  4. 4 low
  5. 5 inferior
低落
dī luò
  1. 1 downcast
  2. 2 gloomy
  3. 3 to decline
低调
dī diào
  1. 1 low pitch
  2. 2 quiet (voice)
  3. 3 subdued
  4. 4 low-key
  5. 5 low-profile
低谷
dī gǔ
  1. 1 valley
  2. 2 trough (as opposed to peaks)
  3. 3 fig. low point
  4. 4 lowest ebb
  5. 5 nadir of one's fortunes

Idioms (20)

一见高低
yī jiàn gāo dī
  1. 1 lit. to fight it out with sb to see who is best (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to cross swords with
  3. 3 to lock horns
不识高低
bù shí gāo dī
  1. 1 can't recognize tall or short (idiom); doesn't know what's what
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
低声细语
dī shēng xì yǔ
  1. 1 in a whisper
  2. 2 in a low voice (idiom)
低首下心
dī shǒu xià xīn
  1. 1 to be fawningly submissive (idiom)
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
功败垂成
gōng bài chuí chéng
  1. 1 to fail within sight of success (idiom); last-minute failure
  2. 2 to fall at the last hurdle
  3. 3 snatching defeat from the jaws of victory
名垂青史
míng chuí qīng shǐ
  1. 1 lit. reputation will go down in history (idiom); fig. achievements will earn eternal glory
坐不垂堂
zuò bù chuí táng
  1. 1 lit. don't sit under the eaves (where tiles may fall from the roof) (idiom); fig. keep out of danger
垂死挣扎
chuí sǐ zhēng zhá
  1. 1 deathbed struggle
  2. 2 final struggle (idiom)
垂涎三尺
chuí xián sān chǐ
  1. 1 to drool (over) (idiom)
  2. 2 to yearn for
  3. 3 to covet
  4. 4 to crave
垂涎欲滴
chuí xián yù dī
  1. 1 to drool with desire (idiom); to envy
  2. 2 to hunger for
垂帘听政
chuí lián tīng zhèng
  1. 1 lit. to govern from behind the curtain
  2. 2 to rule in place of the emperor (idiom)
垂头丧气
chuí tóu sàng qì
  1. 1 hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom); dejected
  2. 2 crestfallen
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
  1. 1 to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi
  1. 1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
  2. 2 to study diligently
  3. 3 to burn the candle at both ends
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
  1. 1 to stay out all night (idiom)
夜不闭户
yè bù bì hù
  1. 1 lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
  1. 1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort

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