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Chinese
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late; delayed; slow
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evening; dusk; sunset evening; dusk; sunset; (of time) late; closing |
| trad. (遲暮)
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遲
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暮
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| simp. (迟暮)
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迟
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暮
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Pronunciation
Noun
遲暮
- (literary) nightfall; toward evening; dusk
- (literary) remaining years; twilight years
Synonyms
- 傍晚 (bàngwǎn)
- 傍黑 (bànghēi) (regional)
- 入暮 (rùmù)
- 向晚 (xiàngwǎn) (literary)
- 向暮 (xiàngmù) (literary)
- 夜色 (yèsè) (night scenery)
- 斷夜 / 断夜 (Hakka)
- 斷暗 / 断暗 (Hakka)
- 昏暮 (hūnmù) (literary)
- 晚來 / 晚来 (wǎnlái) (literary)
- 暝色 (míngsè) (literary or Teochew, night scenery)
- 暮色 (mùsè) (shades of evening)
- 落黑 (no2 he2) (Sichuanese)
- 薄暮 (bómù) (literary)
- 黃昏 / 黄昏 (huánghūn)
- 夕陽 / 夕阳 (xīyáng) (figurative)
- 尾梢 (Xiamen Hokkien)
- 晚年 (wǎnnián)
- 暮年 (mùnián)
- 白頭 / 白头 (báitóu) (figurative)
- 皓首 (hàoshǒu) (literary, figurative)
- 老年 (lǎonián)
- 老年期 (lǎoniánqī)
- 衰年 (shuāinián) (literary)
- 食老 (chia̍h-lāu) (Hokkien)
- 餘年 / 余年 (yúnián)