日落西山

rì luò xī shān

释义

1. the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end
2. fig. time of decline
3. the end of an era
4. Sic transit gloria mundi

日落西山 的构成词

• 山 shān: mountain; hill (CL:座[zuò])
• 日 rì: sun
• 落 là: to leave out
• 落 lào: colloquial reading for 落[luò] in certain compounds
• 落 luò: to fall or drop
• 西 xī: the West
• 日落 rì luò: sundown