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夕阳西下

xī yáng xī xià

4-character word Traditional 夕陽西下

What 夕阳西下 means

1. the sun sets in the west (idiom)

The characters in 夕阳西下

• 夕xī(bound form) sunset; dusk; (bound form) evening; night; Taiwan pr. xì
• 阳yángpositive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism)
• 西xīwest
• 下xiàdown; downwards; below

Example sentences

• 夕阳西下。
  Xīyángxīxià.
  The sun is going down.
• 我们看着夕阳西下。
  Wǒmen kàn zhe xīyángxīxià.
  We are watching the sun set.