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鱼肚白

Word · NounTraditional魚肚白

fish-belly white; dawn light

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

the white color of a fish belly, bluish-white or grayish-white; the pale color of the eastern sky at dawn

Commonly used to describe the color of the sky at daybreak. The term evokes a pale, slightly bluish or grayish white, similar to the underside of a fish.

Tiān天
biān边
xiàn现
chū出
le了
yú鱼
dù肚
bái白
 。

The dawn light appeared on the horizon.

Dōng东
fāng方
fàn泛
qǐ起
le了
yú鱼
dù肚
bái白
 ,
tiān天
kuài快
yào要
liàng亮
le了
 。

The eastern sky turned fish-belly white; dawn was breaking.

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Lí黎
míng明
shí时
fēn分
 ,
tiān天
kōng空
chéng呈
xiàn现
chū出
dàn淡
dàn淡
de的
yú鱼
dù肚
bái白
 。

At dawn, the sky took on a pale fish-belly white hue.