黑云压城城欲摧hēi yún yā chéng chéng yù cuīdarkclouds bearing down on the city threaten to crush it—reactionary forces in the ascendant
❍ ～，甲光向月金鳞开； 角声满天秋色里，塞上胭脂凝夜紫。(李贺《雁门太守行》) Black clouds press down on the town to topple it. |Mail glints like golden fish-scales in the sunlight.Bugling invests the sky with autumn splendour|As crimson forts freeze to purple in the night.
❍ 一瞬间，全国大有～之势。For a time,it seemed that“the city might crumble under the mass of dark clouds”all over the country. 黑云压城城欲摧dark clouds bearing down on the city threatened to crush it;the city might crumble under the mass of dark clouds 黑云压城城欲摧hēi yún yā chénɡ chénɡ yù cuī摧：摧毁、毁坏。黑云翻滚而来，似乎要将城墙压毁。the city might crumble under the mass of dark clouds, reactionary forces in the ascendant |