暮 mù
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mù
noun
dusk; sunset
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 傍晚 (ABC 'mù' 暮 bf 1, p. 632; Guoyu '暮' n; Kroll 2015 '暮' 1, p. 315; NCCED '暮' 1, p. 1132; Unihan '暮') -
mù
adjective
late
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Late in the day (ABC 'mù' 暮 bf 2, p. 632; Guoyu '暮' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '暮' 2, p. 315; NCCED '暮' 2, p. 1132) -
mù
adjective
ending
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the year or some other period (Guoyu '暮' adj 2; Kroll 2015 '暮' 2a, p. 315; NCCED '暮' 2, p. 1132; Unihan '暮') -
mù
adjective
dejected
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 衰颓 (Guoyu '暮' adj 3)
Contained in
- 垂暮之年 old age
- 岁暮(歲暮) the end of the year
- 朝露暮霭(朝露暮靄) morning dew, evening mist; ephemeral; impermanent
- 朝不保暮 at dawn, not sure of lasting until evening
- 薄暮 dusk; twilight
- 暮霭(暮靄) evening mist
- 朝命暮改 the morning's orders changed in the evening
- 暮末 final period
- 暮年 one's declining years; old age
- 暮色 twilight
- 暮气沉沉(暮氣沉沉) the evening air is heavy; feeling dejected
- 向暮 towards evening
- 会暮(會暮) as evening approached
- 暮烟(暮煙) evening mist
- 暮景 an evening scene; one's old age
- 日暮途穷(日暮途窮) sunset, the end of the road; in a downward spiral
- 朝四暮三 four [chestnuts] in the morning and three in the evening
- 日暮 sunset
- 朝秦暮楚 serve Qin in the morning and Chu in the evening; to change sides quickly
- 朝暮 morning through evening
- 暮春 the last month of spring
- 朝暮人 somebody about to die
- 暮鼓晨钟(暮鼓晨鐘) evening drum, morning bell; Buddhist monastic practice
- 晨钟暮鼓(晨鐘暮鼓) morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice; encouragement to study or progress
- 暮色苍茫(暮色蒼茫) the hazy dusk of twilight
- 朝思暮想 to yearn for something day and night
- 朝朝暮暮 from dawn to dusk; all the time
- 暮气(暮氣) evening mist
- 朝三暮四 three [chestnuts] in the morning and four in the evening
- 迟暮(遲暮) past one's prime
- 暮四朝三 four [chestnuts] in the evening and three in the morning
- 朝生暮死 born in the morning and die in the evening
- 投暮 night fall; dusk
- 朝来暮往(朝來暮往) arrive in the morning and leave at evening
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷十六 Scroll 16 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 20
- 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 9
- 卷二十三 Scroll 23 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷二十八 Scroll 28 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 8
- 卷三十二 Scroll 32 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷二十二 Scroll 22 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷二十 Scroll 20 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 7
- 卷三十一 Scroll 31 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷三十 Scroll 30 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
- 卷二十六 Scroll 26 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 6
Collocations
- 暮宿 (暮宿) 不暮宿 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 7
- 暮夜 (暮夜) 昨暮夜妾夢蒼龍據吾腹 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《外戚世家》 Houses of the External Relatives — count: 7
- 昨暮 (昨暮) 昨暮王使使封之 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《越王句踐世家》 House of King Goujian of Yue — count: 6
- 及暮 (及暮) 及暮 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十一 魏書二十一 王衛二劉傅傳 Volume 21: Book of Wei 21 - Biographies of Wang, Wei, and the two Lius — count: 5
- 一暮 (一暮) 一暮大拱 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin — count: 5
- 暮入 (暮入) 農夫蚤出暮入 — Mozi 墨子, 卷八 非樂上 Book 8 - Condemnation of Music I — count: 4
- 暮食 (暮食) 暮食復禮 — Guanzi 管子, 弟子職第五十九 Chapter 59: Duties of a Disciple — count: 4
- 昏暮 (昏暮) 昏暮叩人之門戶 — Mencius 孟子, 盡心上 Jin Xin I — count: 4
- 暮归 (暮歸) 獵人暮歸 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷二十九 魏書二十九 方技傳 Volume 29: Book of Wei 29 - Biographies of fangshis and artisans — count: 3
- 暮大 (暮大) 一暮大拱 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《殷本紀》 Annals of Yin — count: 3