日薄西山

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Chinese

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day; sun; date
day; sun; date; day of the month; Japan (abbrev.)
 
to approach west mountain; hill
trad. (日薄西山) 西
simp. #(日薄西山) 西
Literally: “sun approaches the western mountains”.

Etymology

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From Li Mi's 陳情表:

日薄西山氣息奄奄人命危淺朝不慮夕 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
日薄西山气息奄奄人命危浅朝不虑夕 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 3rd century, Li Mi (李密), 陳情表
Dàn yǐ Liú rìbóxīshān, qìxī yǎnyǎn, rénmìng wēiqiǎn, cháobùlǜxī. [Pinyin]
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Pronunciation

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Idiom

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日薄西山

  1. (of an old person) to be close to death
  2. (of something) to be declining and near its end