the moon (literary)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
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the moon (literary term)
literaryA poetic, literary term describing the moon as a bright, cold wheel of ice. Common in classical Chinese poetry to evoke the full moon's luminous, silvery appearance.
Hào皓
yuè月
dāng当
kōng空
，
bīng冰
lún轮
chū初
zhuǎn转
。
The bright moon hangs in the sky, the ice wheel just beginning to turn.
Yǎng仰
wàng望
bīng冰
lún轮
，
sī思
niàn念
gù故
xiāng乡
。
Gazing up at the ice wheel, longing for my hometown.
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Bīng冰
lún轮
fēi飞
chū出
dōng东
hǎi海
，
wàn万
lǐ里
qīng清
guāng光
。
The ice wheel flies out from the Eastern Sea, casting clear light for thousands of miles.