dusk; twilight; when it's just getting dark
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Meanings
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to be just getting dark; to enter dusk
dialectA colloquial term specifically used in Northern Mandarin, especially in Beijing and surrounding dialects, to describe the time of day right after sunset when darkness is setting in.
Gǎn赶
dào到
jiā家
shí时
，
tiān天
yǐ已
jīng经
cā擦
hēi黑
r儿
le了
。
By the time we got home, it was already getting dark.
Měi每
tiān天
cā擦
hēi黑
r儿
de的
shí时
hou候
，
tā他
jiù就
huì会
zài在
hú胡
tòng同
kǒu口
liù遛
wān弯
r儿
。
Every day at dusk, he would go for a stroll at the entrance of the alley.
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Wǒ我
men们
cā擦
hēi黑
r儿
chū出
fā发
，
yǐ以
miǎn免
bèi被
rén人
fā发
xiàn现
。
We set out at dusk to avoid being seen.