水天一色
Chinese
| water; river | day; sky; heaven | one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.) |
colour; dice; look colour; dice; look; appearance | ||
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| simp. and trad. (水天一色) |
水 | 天 | 一 | 色 | |
Etymology
From the famous line of Tengwang Ge Xu.
- 落霞與孤鶩齊飛，秋水共長天一色。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: 675, 王勃 (Wang Bo), 《滕王閣序》 (Tengwang Ge Xu), translated based on the Wikisource translation.
- Luòxiá yǔ gūwù qí fēi, qiūshuǐ gòng chángtiān yīsè. [Pinyin]
- The sunset is flying together with lonely wild goose, and the autumn water and the sky at the horizon are of one hue.
落霞与孤鹜齐飞，秋水共长天一色。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
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