白日依山盡
黃河入海流
欲窮千里目
更上一層樓
Mountains cover the white sun,
And oceans drain the golden river;
But you widen your view three hundred miles
By going up one flight of stairs.
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The Beethoven Fifth Symphony begins by stating a distinctive four-note "short-short-short-long" motif twice. During World War II, the BBC used the four-note motif to introduce its radio news broadcasts because its rhythm is the Morse code letter "V" (· · · —, "victory").