月本無光,借光於日,返照夜之遊子。
The moon has no light of its own, but rather it reflects the light of the sun to the children of the night.
Source:
Tatoeba
Sentence Composition
| 1 | 月 | yuè |
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| 2 | 本 | běn |
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| =3 | 無 | mó | used in 南无 nāmó |
| =3 | 無 | wú |
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| =4 | 光 | guāng |
classifier: 道 |
| =4 | 光 | guàng |
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| 5 | 借光 | jièguāng |
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| =6 | 於 | yú |
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| =6 | 於 | Yū |
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| =6 | 於 | wū |
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| =7 | 日 | Rì | abbr. for 日本 Rìběn, Japan |
| =7 | 日 | rì |
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| 8 | 返照 | fǎnzhào |
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| =9 | 夜 | yè | variant of 夜 yè |
| =9 | 夜 | yè | night |
| 10 | 之 | zhī |
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| 11 | 遊子 | yóuzǐ | person living or traveling far from home |