长夜难明
cháng​yè​nán​míng

long years of oppression

  • created sense approved 长夜难明/長夜難明 · cháng​yè​nán​míng · long years of oppression — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    长夜难明 / 長夜難明

    cháng​yè​nán​míng

    long years of oppression

    (idiom) a long night that never turns into day, used as a metaphor for a long period of suffering or social oppression

    长 (literal) → 长/長 · cháng · long 夜 (literal) → 夜 · yè · night 难 (literal) → 难/難 · nán · difficult 明 (literal) → 明 · míng · dawn

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