Meaning of 降临
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
jiànglín
- to descend
- to arrive
- to come
降临 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
夜幕降临了！
Night has fallen!
难道和平就永远无法降临吗？
Will peace never even come?
不幸降临到他的头上。
A misfortune befell him.
夜幕降临时，孩子们回家了。
The children returned home at dusk.
当贫穷降临在门口，爱从窗外飞走。
When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out the window.
Stroke order for each character
Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.
降 jiàng · to drop · 8 strokes
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临 lín · to face · 9 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 降临.
| 降落 | jiàngluò | to descend; to land |
| 下降 | xiàjiàng | to decline; to drop |
| 面临 | miànlín | to face sth; to be confronted with |
| 临时 | línshí | as the time draws near; at the last moment |
| 降低 | jiàngdī | to reduce; to lower; to bring down |
| 光临 | guānglín | (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend |
| 降温 | jiàngwēn | to become cooler; to lower the temperature |
| 降价 | jiàngjià | to cut the price; to drive down the price |
| 投降 | tóuxiáng | to surrender |
| 来临 | láilín | to approach; to come closer |
| 临近 | línjìn | to approach; to draw near; to be close to (in space or time) |
| 临床 | línchuáng | (medicine) clinical |
Questions about 降临
What does 降临 mean?
降临 (jiànglín) means "to descend; to arrive" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 降临?
降临 is made of 2 characters: 降 (8 strokes), 临 (9 strokes). That is 17 strokes in total.
Is 降临 an HSK word?
Yes. 降临 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.
How is 降临 written in traditional Chinese?
In traditional characters, 降临 is written 降臨.