银装素裹

yín zhuāng sù guǒ

clad in silver and wrapped in white: a landscape covered in snow

Character by character

银yín
silver

装zhuāng
dress

素sù
plain white

裹guǒ
wrapped

一夜大雪以后，校园里银装素裹，同学们都跑出去拍照。

After a night of heavy snow the campus was clad in silver and white, and the students all ran out to take photos.

Tone: positive (praise).

Only for snow scenes, and a favourite of weather reports and travel writing after the first big snowfall: 大地一片银装素裹.

Learn this in Lesson 22 · HSK 5: 冰城哈尔滨 (Harbin, the city of ice)

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