煙波

煙波

1. (literary) surface of water covered with mist

   • 日暮鄉關何處是？煙波江上使人愁。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     日暮乡关何处是？烟波江上使人愁。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 8th century CE, 1920, trans., Cui Hao, Witter Bynner, trans., The Yellow Crane Terrace 黃鶴樓

     Rìmù xiāngguān héchù shì? Yānbō jiāng shàng shǐ rén chóu. [Pinyin]

     But I look toward home, and twilight grows dark
     With a mist of grief on the river waves.