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阴影

yīn yǐng

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 陰影 Measure word 道

阴影 (yīn yǐng) means "(lit. and fig.) shadow". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 阴影 means

1. (lit. and fig.) shadow

The characters in 阴影

• 阴yīnovercast (weather); cloudy; shady
• 影yǐngpicture; image; film

Example sentences

• 把车停到阴影里。
  Park the car in the shade.
• 不存在没有阴影的光明，也不存在没有光明的阴影。
  There's no light without shade, and no shade without light.
• 线条艺术强调形式和轮廓，而不是颜色、阴影和纹理。
  Line art emphasizes form and outline, over color, shading, and texture.

Words containing 阴影

• 有阴影yǒu yīn yǐngshadowy
• 交叉阴影线jiāo chā yīn yǐng xiànhatched lines; cross-hatched graphic pattern

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