金乌西坠，玉兔东升 (金烏西墜，玉兔東昇)
jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng
Pinyin

Definition

金乌西坠，玉兔东升 (金烏西墜，玉兔東昇)
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jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng
  1. lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east
  2. fig. at sunset

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

兔子
tù zi
  1. 1 hare
  2. 2 rabbit
  3. 3 classifier: 只 zhī
兔年
tù nián
  1. 1 Year of the Rabbit (e.g. 2011)
东西
dōng xī
  1. 1 east and west
现金
xiàn jīn
  1. 1 cash
西
Xī
  1. 1 the West
  2. 2 abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xī bān yá]
  3. 3 Spanish

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)