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黄昏

huánghūn

dusk; twilight; evening

A red sun sets behind green hills
Memory picture

Characters in this word

黄 huáng

Strokes
11
Radical
黄 — yellow
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

昏 hūn

Strokes
8
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
氏 clan, family 日 sun
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 黄昏时分,海面被余光染成暗金色,渔船陆续返港。 Huánghūn shífēn, hǎimiàn bèi yúguāng rǎn chéng àn jīnsè, yúchuán lùxù fǎn gǎng. At dusk, the sea was dyed dark gold by the remaining light, and fishing boats returned to harbour one after another.
  • 黄昏的时候,老人牵着狗在河边散步。 Huánghūn de shíhou, lǎorén qiān zhe gǒu zài hébiān sànbù. At dusk the old man walks his dog along the river.
  • 村子在黄昏里安静下来,炊烟慢慢升起。 Cūnzi zài huánghūn lǐ ānjìng xiàlái, chuīyān mànmàn shēngqǐ. The village grows quiet at dusk as cooking smoke slowly rises.

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