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銀河落九天

銀河落九天

See also: 银河落九天

Chinese

Milky Way
 
alight; to fall; to drop (behind); leave behind
 the Ninth Heaven
trad. (銀河落九天) 銀河 落 九天
simp. (银河落九天) 银河 落 九天

Idiom

銀河落九天

  1. describes the way a waterfall's water comes down

Etymology

  • c. 701-762: Li Bai, Gazing at the Mount Lu waterfalls part two of two (望廬山瀑布水詩二首之二)
    飛流直下三千尺，疑是銀河落九天。
    The torrent flew through the air and dropped 3,000 feet straight down, it seemed as if the Milky way was falling from the Ninth Heaven

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): yínhé luò jiǔtiān
    (Zhuyin): ㄧㄣˊ ㄏㄜˊ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

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