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降临

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

降临 [jiànglín]
  1. 1. [literary expression] befall; arrive; come; fall; strike
    灾难降临了。
    A disaster has befallen us.
    夜色降临
    Night fell.
    不知道还会有什么劫难降临在他们头上。
    可怕的日子终于降临了。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

降临 [jiànglín]
  1. 1. 来到;来临
    夜幕降临
    厄运降临
    小宝宝降临人间。

Examples

灾难降临了。
A disaster has befallen us. 降临
夜色降临
Night fell. 降临
夜幕降临
Night has fallen. 夜幕
我等待着机遇的降临 等待
不知道还会有什么劫难降临在他们头上。 降临
可怕的日子终于降临了。 降临
随着夜晚的降临,整个城市也随之静下来了。
降临了,远远望去,山村里灯光明灭。 明灭
夜幕降临了, 篝火毕剥毕剥地点起来了。
As night fell, the needfires were kindled with cracking noise. 毕剥
噩运降临,医生说他得了不治之症。 噩运

Collocations

夜色降临
nightfall
降临人世
to befall the world
悄然降临
to approach silently
降临
to come to

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