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天地玄黄
tiān​dì​xuán​huáng

heaven and earth are dark and yellow

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
天地玄黄 天地玄黃 tiān​dì​xuán​huáng
heaven and earth are dark and yellow
The first line of the 千字文 qiān​zì​wén, describing the colors of the universe at its beginning: 'dark' refers to the color of the sky and 'yellow' to the color of the earth.

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  • 千字文 qiān​zì​wén
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