天低吳楚,眼空無物 tiān dī wú chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù

DEFINITIONS

  1. the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon

CHARACTERS

天 tiān sky, heaven; god, celestial
低 dī low; to lower, hang, bend, bow
吳 wú one of warring states; surname
楚 chǔ name of feudal state; clear
眼 yǎn eye; eyelet, hole, opening
空 kōng empty, hollow, bare, deserted
無 wú negative, no, not; lack, have no
物 wù thing, substance, creature