绿树成荫
lǜ shù chéng yīn
shaded by leafy trees; tree-lined
Character by character
绿lǜ
green
green
树shù
trees
trees
成chéng
form
form
荫yīn
shade
shade
Example
二十年前栽下的小树苗，如今已经绿树成荫。
The saplings planted twenty years ago now cast a leafy shade.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
Praise for streets, campuses and villages: 校园里绿树成荫. 荫 is shade, as in 树荫, and is read yīn here. Often with 如今 or 已经, or in descriptions of a place: 街道两旁绿树成荫.
Learn this in Lesson 170 · HSK 7–9: 绿色长城 (The Green Great Wall)
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