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降临 (降臨)

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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

降临 [jiànglín]
  1. 1. [Literary] befall; arrive; come; fall; strike
    灾难降临了。
    A disaster has befallen us.
    夜色降临
    Night fell.

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

夜色降临
Night fell.
夜幕降临
Night has fallen.
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.
降临
溘然降临
厄运降临
暮色降临

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

Word Decomposition


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