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地平线

dì píng xiàn

3-character word Traditional 地平線

What 地平线 means

1. horizon

The characters in 地平线

• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 平píngflat; level; smooth; to make even; to level; equal; on the same level
• 线xiànthread; string; wire

Example sentences

• 太阳升出了地平线。
  The sun rose over the horizon.
• 太阳从地平线上升起。
  Tàiyang cóng dìpíngxiàn shàngshēng qǐ.
  The sun appeared on the horizon.
• 太阳落到地平线下了。
  Tàiyang luò dào dìpíngxiàn xià le.
  The sun went below the horizon.
• 月亮已从地平线升起了。
  Yuèliang yǐ cóng dìpíngxiàn shēngqǐ le.
  The moon was above the horizon.
• 四面八方都是巍峨的雪峰，将他们包围起来，彼此交错，一直延伸到遥远的地平线。两侧的岩岸陡峭无比，落叶松和松树彷佛悬在他们头顶，只需一阵风就能轰然落下。
  In every direction the great snow-capped peaks hemmed them in, peeping over each other's shoulders to the far horizon. So steep were the rocky banks on either side of them that the larch and the pine seemed to be suspended over their heads, and to need only a gust of wind to come hurtling down upon them.