日薄西山 rì báo xīshān
rì báo xīshān
set phrase
the sun setting behind the Western Hills
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: By metaphor, not long to live (CC-CEDICT '日薄西山'; Guoyu '日薄西山'; Mao Zedong 1966, p. 38)
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- 卷十一 魏書十一 袁張涼國田王邴管傳 Volume 11: Book of Wei 11 - Biographies of Yuan, Zhang, Liang, Guo, Tian, Wang, Bing, and Guan Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷二十七 Scroll 27 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷二十四 Scroll 24 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷三十七 Scroll 37 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
- 卷四十五 蜀書十五 鄧張宗楊傳 Volume 45: Book of Shu 15 - Biographies of Deng, Zhang, Zong, and Yang Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志 — count: 1
- 卷二百三十 列傳第一百十八 蔡時鼎 萬國欽 饒伸 湯顯祖 逯中立 楊恂 姜士昌 馬孟禎 汪若霖 Volume 230 Biographies 118: Cai Shiding, Wan Guoqin, Rao Shen, Tang Xianzu, Lu Zhongli, Yang Xun, Jiang Shichang, Ma Mengzhen, Wang Ruolin History of Ming 明史 — count: 1
- 卷八十八 列傳第五十八 孝友 Volume 88 Biographies 58: Filial Piety Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷二百五十六 列傳第十五 趙普弟:安易 Volume 256 Biographies 15: Zhao Pudi and younger brother: Anyi History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷九十二 列傳第六十二 文苑 Volume 92 Biographies 62: Writers Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 1
- 卷四十三 Scroll 43 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 1
Collocations
- 刘日薄西山 (劉日薄西山) 但以劉日薄西山 — Records of the Three Kingdoms 三國志, 卷四十五 蜀書十五 鄧張宗楊傳 Volume 45: Book of Shu 15 - Biographies of Deng, Zhang, Zong, and Yang — count: 3
- 白日薄西山 (白日薄西山) 白日薄西山 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷二十四 Scroll 24 — count: 2