lit. the golden bird of the sun sets in the west, the jade hare of the moon rises in the east; fig. at sunset
trad. 金烏西墜，玉兔東昇
Also written 金烏西墜，玉兔東昇【jīn wū xī zhuì , yù tù dōng shēng】
Characters in this word
8金
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surname Jin, surname Kim (Korean), Jurchen Jin dynasty (1115–1234)
- Pinyin
- Jīn
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 1377 of 2500
乌
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abbr. for country names that begin with 烏|乌[wu1]: Ukraine 烏克蘭|乌克兰[Wu1 ke4 lan2], Uzbekistan 烏茲別克斯坦|乌兹别克斯坦[Wu1 zi1 bie2 ke4 si1 tan3] etc, surname Wu
- Pinyin
- Wū
- Traditional
- 烏
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 12741 of 2500
西
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the West, abbr. for Spain 西班牙[Xi1 ban1 ya2], Spanish
- Pinyin
- Xī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 2156 of 2500
坠
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to fall, to drop, to weigh down
- Pinyin
- zhuì
- Traditional
- 墜
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 29021 of 2500
玉
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jade
- Pinyin
- yù
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 12826 of 2500
兔
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variant of 兔[tu4]
- Pinyin
- tù
- Traditional
- 兎
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 13446 of 2500
东
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surname Dong
- Pinyin
- Dōng
- Traditional
- 東
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 5663 of 2500
升
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to ascend; to rise, to promote; to elevate, liter, unit of dry measure for grain (= one liter or one-tenth dou 斗[dou3])
- Pinyin
- shēng
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 4450 of 2500