一天到晚
yī tiān dào wǎn
Pinyin

Definition

一天到晚
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yī tiān dào wǎn
  1. all day long
  2. the whole day

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一
yī
  1. 1 one
  2. 2 1
  3. 3 single
  4. 4 a (article)
  5. 5 as soon as
  6. 6 entire
  7. 7 whole
  8. 8 all
  9. 9 throughout
  10. 10 "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1)
  11. 11 also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
一下
yī xià
  1. 1 (used after a verb) give it a go
  2. 2 to do (sth for a bit to give it a try)
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
  5. 5 in a while
  6. 6 all of a sudden
  7. 7 all at once
一样
yī yàng
  1. 1 same
  2. 2 like
  3. 3 equal to
  4. 4 the same as
  5. 5 just like
一起
yī qǐ
  1. 1 in the same place
  2. 2 together
  3. 3 with
  4. 4 altogether (in total)
今天
jīn tiān
  1. 1 today
  2. 2 at the present
  3. 3 now
到
dào
  1. 1 to (a place)
  2. 2 until (a time)
  3. 3 up to
  4. 4 to go
  5. 5 to arrive
  6. 6 (verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
天
tiān
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 sky
  3. 3 heaven
明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
第一
dì yī
  1. 1 first
  2. 2 number one
  3. 3 primary
一一
yī yī
  1. 1 one by one
  2. 2 one after another
一下子
yī xià zi
  1. 1 in a short while
  2. 2 all at once
  3. 3 all of a sudden
一些
yī xiē
  1. 1 some
  2. 2 a few
  3. 3 a little
  4. 4 (following an adjective) slightly ...er
一共
yī gòng
  1. 1 altogether
一再
yī zài
  1. 1 repeatedly
一切
yī qiè
  1. 1 everything
  2. 2 every
  3. 3 all
一半
yī bàn
  1. 1 half
一同
yī tóng
  1. 1 along
  2. 2 together
一味
yī wèi
  1. 1 blindly
  2. 2 invariably
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一大早
yī dà zǎo
  1. 1 at dawn
  2. 2 at first light
  3. 3 first thing in the morning

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一丘之貉
yī qiū zhī hé
  1. 1 jackals of the same tribe (idiom); fig. They are all just as bad as each other.
一之为甚
yī zhī wéi shèn
  1. 1 once is more than enough (idiom)
一干二净
yī gān èr jìng
  1. 1 thoroughly (idiom)
  2. 2 completely
  3. 3 one and all
  4. 4 very clean
一五一十
yī wǔ yī shí
  1. 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一个萝卜一个坑
yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
  1. 1 lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. each person has his own position
  3. 3 each to his own
  4. 4 horses for courses
  5. 5 every kettle has its lid
一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一元复始
yī yuán fù shǐ
  1. 1 a new year begins (idiom)
一刀两断
yī dāo liǎng duàn
  1. 1 lit. two segments with a single cut (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to make a clean break (idiom)
一刀切
yī dāo qiē
  1. 1 lit. to cut all at one stroke (idiom); to impose uniformity
  2. 2 one solution fits a diversity of problems
  3. 3 one size fits all
一分一毫
yī fēn yī háo
  1. 1 a tiny bit (idiom)
  2. 2 an iota
一分为二
yī fēn wéi èr
  1. 1 one divides into two
  2. 2 to be two-sided
  3. 3 there are two sides to everything
  4. 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一切就绪
yī qiè jiù xù
  1. 1 everything in its place and ready (idiom)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)
一反常态
yī fǎn cháng tài
  1. 1 complete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic
  2. 2 entirely outside the norm
  3. 3 out of character
一呼百应
yī hū bǎi yìng
  1. 1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
  2. 2 to respond en masse
一呼百诺
yī hū bǎi nuò
  1. 1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call

Sample Sentences

你小子，还没开始赚钱，就学会花钱了，什么叫“惜物爱物”都忘了，你不是一天到晚跟我说什么空污、环保吗？老妈这就叫环保，能用的就用、能修的就修。
nǐ xiǎozi ，hái méi kāishǐ zhuànqián ，jiù xuéhuì huāqián le ，shénme jiào “xíwùàiwù ”dōu wàng le ，nǐ bùshì yītiāndàowǎn gēn wǒ shuō shénme kòngwū 、huánbǎo ma ？lǎomā zhè jiù jiào huánbǎo ，néngyòng de jiù yòng 、néng xiū de jiù xiū 。
You little brat. You still haven't started earning money and you've already learned how to spend. You've forgotten how to cherish things. Aren't you always going on about air pollution and environmentalism from morning to night? What your old mother is trying to do is environmentally-friendly, you should make use of what you can and repair what you can.
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呐呐呐，这是你自己“玻璃心”啊，我们只是贴生活日常而已，哦，说到生活日常啊，你真得改改，别一天到晚的窝在家里，多接触下这个美好真实的社会嘛。
nà nà nà ，zhè shì nǐ zìjǐ “bōlixīn ”ā ，wǒmen zhǐshì tiē shēnghuó rìcháng éryǐ ，ò ，shuōdào shēnghuó rìcháng ā ，nǐ zhēn děi gǎigai ，bié yītiāndàowǎn de wō zài jiālǐ ，duō jiēchù xià zhè ge měihǎo zhēnshí de shèhuì ma 。
Tut, tut, tut, that's because you're too sensitive. We're just posting our everyday lives. Oh, talking of everyday life, you should really make some changes. Don't spend all day everyday cooped up at home, you should spend more time engaging with this beautiful real world.
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那家伙一天到晚长舌，是个长舌妇，千万别把什么秘密告诉她，她一知道，全世界都知道了。
nà jiāhuo yītiāndàowǎn chángshé ，shì gè chángshéfù ，qiānwàn bié bǎ shénme mìmì gàosu tā ，tā yī zhīdào ，quánshìjiè dōu zhīdao le 。
She just gossips all day long, she's such a gossip. Never tell her any secrets. Once she knows, the whole world will know.
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一天到晚看这些女人在后宫勾心斗角，累不累啊？我要换台看别的了。
yītiāndàowǎn kàn zhèxiē nǚrén zài hòugōng gōuxīndòujiǎo ，lèibulèi ā ？wǒ yào huàn tái kàn biéde le 。
Don't you get tired of seeing these women fighting and scheming behind each others' back in the concubine quarters of the imperial palace from morning to night? I want to change the channel.
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你一个大男人，连自己老婆都管不好，还能有多大本事，就让他们办了你，省得我一天到晚给你擦屁股。
nǐ yí ge dànánrén ，lián zìjǐ lǎopó dōu guǎn bù hǎo ，hái néng yǒu duō dà běnshì ，jiù ràng tāmen bàn le nǐ ，shěngde wǒ yìtiāndàowǎn gěi nǐ cā pìgu 。
You're a big fella indeed, you can't even keep your own wife in check. If you can't do that what can you do? I should let them prosecute you, to save me from having to wipe your bum for you from morning to night.
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你们还不是一天到晚幻想女生都要像林志玲，没有啦，只有我这种说不上美如天仙，但至少不太抱歉的可爱女孩！
nǐmen háibùshì yītiāndàowǎn huànxiǎng nǚshēng dōuyào xiàng Lín Zhìlíng ，méiyǒu la ，zhǐyǒu wǒ zhèzhǒng shuō bu shàng měi rú tiānxiān ，dàn zhìshǎo bùtài bàoqiàn de kě ài nǚhái ！
Aren't you guys always fantasizing that all girls are like Lin Zhiling from morning to night. They aren't, there are only girls like me that aren't angelic beauties, but at least are cute and aren't really unfortunate looking!
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气死我了，一天到晚说我这里不好，那里不好。
qì sǐ wǒ le ，yītiāndàowǎn shuō wǒ zhèlǐ bùhǎo ，nàlǐ bùhǎo 。
I am so mad. All day long you say this or that about me is no good.
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你看，现在咱们这儿的环境，一天到晚都是雾霾。大家恨不得戴防毒面具。还有食品质量、交通拥堵等等。那么多问题，谁都受不了啊。
nǐ kàn ，xiànzài zánmen zhèr de huánjìng ，yītiāndàowǎn dōu shì wùmái 。dàjiā hènbude dài fángdú miànjù 。háiyǒu shípǐn zhìliàng 、jiāotōng yōngdǔ děngdeng 。nàme duō wèntí ，shéidōu shòubuliǎo ā 。
Look at our environment here. There's smog all day long. Everybody would wear gas masks if they could. Then there's also food quality, transportation blockages and the rest. With so many problems, nobody can take it.
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以色列和巴基斯坦这两个国家怎么一天到晚打仗啊？
Yǐsèliè hé Bājīsītǎn zhè liǎng gè guójiā zěnme yītiāndàowǎn dǎzhàng a ？
Israel and Pakistan. Why do these two countries keep fighting all the time?
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这招不招人不是我说了算，公司有制度，有预算。老板一天到晚地强调市场不景气，要控制预算，我都申请了好几次了，次次都不批。
zhè zhāo bu zhāorén bùshì wǒ shuōlesuàn ，gōngsī yǒu zhìdù ，yǒu yùsuàn 。lǎobǎn yītiāndàowǎn de qiángdiào shìchǎng bù jǐngqì ，yào kòngzhì yùsuàn ，wǒ dōu shēnqǐng le hǎo jǐ cì le ，cìcì dōu bù pī 。
This issue of hiring isn't my decision. The company has regulations and budgets. The boss emphasizes all day long that the market's in a recession, that we need to keep our budget under control. I've applied a bunch of times but got rejected each time.
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