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夕烟

Word · NounTraditional夕煙

evening mist; dusk smoke

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

evening mist or smoke at dusk

literary

A literary term describing the smoke or mist seen at sunset, often used in poetic or descriptive contexts.

Bàng傍
wǎn晚
shí时
fēn分
 ,
cūn村
zhuāng庄
shàng上
kōng空
xī夕
yān烟
liáo缭
rào绕
 。

In the evening, evening mist curled above the village.

Yuǎn远
shān山
lǒng笼
zhào罩
zài在
dàn淡
dàn淡
de的
xī夕
yān烟
zhī之
zhōng中
 ,
wǎn宛
rú如
xiān仙
jìng境
 。

The distant mountains were shrouded in light evening mist, like a fairyland.

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Xī夕
yān烟
niǎo袅
niǎo袅
 ,
mù牧
tóng童
wǎn晚
guī归
 。

Evening smoke curled upward as the shepherd boy returned home late.