華燈初上
huá​dēng​chū​shàng

at dusk

  • created sense approved 华灯初上/華燈初上 · huá​dēng​chū​shàng · at dusk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    华灯初上 / 華燈初上

    huá​dēng​chū​shàng

    at dusk

    early evening when the streetlights and lanterns are first lit

    华灯 (literal) → 华灯/華燈 · huá​dēng · decorated lantern 初 (literal) → 初 · chū · just 上 (literal) → 上 · shàng · to apply

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

    created sense