迟暮 (遲暮)
chí mù
Pinyin
Definition
迟暮 (遲暮)
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- past one's prime
Character Decomposition
Idioms (8)
日暮途穷
- 1 sunset, the end of the road (idiom); in terminal decline
- 2 at a dead end
晨钟暮鼓
- 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress
暮色苍茫
- 1 the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom)
暮鼓晨钟
- 1 lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom); fig. Buddhist monastic practice
- 2 the passage of time in a disciplined existence
朝三暮四
- 1 lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom); to change sth that is already settled upon
- 2 indecisive
- 3 to blow hot and cold