日薄崦嵫 rì bó yān zī

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. the sun sets in Yanzi (idiom)
  2. fig. the day is drawing to an end
  3. the last days (of a person, a dynasty etc)

CHARACTERS

日 rì
HSK 2
sun; day; daytime
薄 bó
HSK 5
thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
崦 yān a mountain in Kansu, where there is a cave into which the sun is said to sink at night
嵫 zī a hill in Shantung