月光 yuèguāng moonlight
How to remember 月光: 月 moon + 光 light = moonlight.
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How it is used
- Moonlight - 月光下 (yuèguāng xià) under the moonlight, 皎洁的月光 (jiǎojié de yuèguāng) bright, clear moonlight.
- A poetic everyday noun; also famously the pun 月光族 (yuèguāngzú) 'moonlight clan', those who spend their whole monthly salary (月光 = 月月光, money gone each month).
- Literary and warm connotation.
Example sentences
- 月光真美。 Yuèguāng zhēn měi.The moonlight is beautiful.
- 今晚没什么月光。 Jīnwǎn méi shénme yuèguāng.There's no moonlight tonight.
- 小木屋沐浴在月光之中。 Xiǎomùwū mùyù zài yuèguāng zhīzhōng.The little cabin was bathed in moonlight.