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昼
晝
zhou4
- daytime
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strokes after radical |
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白昼
白晝
bai2 zhou4
- daytime
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俾夜作昼
俾夜作晝
bi3 ye4 zuo4 zhou4
- lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard
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俾昼作夜
俾晝作夜
bi3 zhou4 zuo4 ye4
- to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
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卜昼卜夜
卜晝卜夜
bu3 zhou4 bu3 ye4
- day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
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不分昼夜
不分晝夜
bu4 fen1 zhou4 ye4
- day and night; round-the-clock
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俨如白昼
儼如白晝
yan3 ru2 bai2 zhou4
- as bright as daylight (idiom)
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夜行昼伏
夜行晝伏
ye4 xing2 zhou4 fu2
- to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
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宰予昼寝
宰予晝寢
zai3 yu3 zhou4 qin3
- Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
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昼短夜长
晝短夜長
zhou4 duan3 ye4 chang2
- the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
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昼伏夜出
晝伏夜出
zhou4 fu2 ye4 chu1
- nocturnal; to hide by day and come out at night
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昼夜
晝夜
zhou4 ye4
- day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
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昼夜节律
晝夜節律
zhou4 ye4 jie2 lv4
- circadian rhythm
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昼夜平分点
晝夜平分點
zhou4 ye4 ping2 fen1 dian3
- the equinox