日中則昃
rì​zhōng​zé​zè

to decline after reaching a peak

  • created reference approved 日中则昃/日中則昃 → 月盈则食/月盈則食 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    日中则昃 / 日中則昃 rì​zhōng​zé​zè

    月盈则食 / 月盈則食 yuè​yíng​zé​shí

    synonym

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  • created reference approved 日中则昃/日中則昃 → 月满则亏/月滿則虧 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    日中则昃 / 日中則昃 rì​zhōng​zé​zè

    月满则亏 / 月滿則虧 yuè​mǎn​zé​kuī

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 日中则昃/日中則昃 · rì​zhōng​zé​zè · to decline after reaching a peak — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    日中则昃 / 日中則昃

    rì​zhōng​zé​zè

    to decline after reaching a peak

    The sun begins to set once it reaches the zenith; used to describe how things inevitably decline after reaching a peak or that development will eventually reverse direction.

    日中 (literal) → 日中 · rì​zhōng · midday 则 (literal) → 则/則 · zé · then 昃 (literal) → 昃 · zè · afternoon

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

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