乌云蔽日
wū​yún​bì​rì

dark clouds hide the sun

  • created sense approved 乌云蔽日/烏雲蔽日 · wū​yún​bì​rì · dark clouds hide the sun — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    乌云蔽日 / 烏雲蔽日

    wū​yún​bì​rì

    dark clouds hide the sun

    Dark clouds obscure the sun, used as a metaphor for corrupt officials surrounding a ruler or for a situation being overshadowed by evil forces of evil; also used literally to describe gloomy weather.

    乌云 (literal) → 乌云/烏雲 · wū​yún · dark clouds 蔽 (literal) → 蔽 · bì · to cover 日 (literal) → 日 · rì · sun

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense