白日依山尽，
The white sun sets along the mountains,
黄河入海流。
the Yellow River flows on to the sea.
欲穷千里目，
To see a thousand miles to the horizon,
更上一层楼。
climb one more story higher.
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 白日 | bái rì | daytime; sun; time |
| 依 | yī | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of |
| 山 | shān | mountain |
| 尽 | jìn | to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all |
| 黄河 | huáng hé | Yellow River or Huang He |
| 入 | rù | to enter; to join |
| 海 | hǎi | ocean; sea |
| 流 | liú | to flow; to circulate |
| 欲 | yù | desire; appetite; passion; lust; greed |
| 穷 | qióng | poor; destitute |
| 千里 | qiān lǐ | a thousand miles; a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers); a long distance |
| 目 | mù | eye; (literary) to look; to regard; eye (of a net); mesh; mesh size; grit size (abbr. for 目數|目数[mu4 shu4]) |
| 更 | gèng | more; even more; further; still; additionally |
| 上 | shàng | up; on |
| 一层 | yī céng | layer |
| 楼 | lóu | building; floor |