平日
píng rì
Pinyin

Definition

平日
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píng rì
  1. ordinary day
  2. everyday
  3. ordinarily
  4. usually

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
平安
píng ān
  1. 1 safe and sound
  2. 2 well
  3. 3 without mishap
  4. 4 quiet and safe
  5. 5 at peace
日
Rì
  1. 1 abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
日本
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
交易日
jiāo yì rì
  1. 1 working day (in banking, share trading)
假日
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
公平
gōng píng
  1. 1 fair
  2. 2 impartial
即日
jí rì
  1. 1 this or that very day
  2. 2 in the next few days
向日葵
xiàng rì kuí
  1. 1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
和平
Hé píng
  1. 1 Heping district of Shenyang city 瀋陽市|沈阳市, Liaoning
  2. 2 Hoping township in Taichung county 臺中縣|台中县[Tái zhōng xiàn], Taiwan
夏日
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
天平
tiān píng
  1. 1 scales (to weigh things)
太平
Tài píng
  1. 1 place name
太平洋
Tài píng Yáng
  1. 1 Pacific Ocean
工作日
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
平
Píng
  1. 1 surname Ping
平凡
píng fán
  1. 1 commonplace
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 mediocre
平和
Píng hé
  1. 1 Pinghe county in Zhangzhou 漳州[Zhāng zhōu], Fujian

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
一波未平，一波又起
yī bō wèi píng , yī bō yòu qǐ
  1. 1 before the first wave subsides, a new wave rises (idiom); a new problem arises before the old is solved
  2. 2 many twists and turns to a story
  3. 3 one thing after another
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一马平川
yī mǎ píng chuān
  1. 1 flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì
  1. 1 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
四平八稳
sì píng bā wěn
  1. 1 everything steady and stable (idiom); overcautious and unimaginary
四海升平
sì hǎi shēng píng
  1. 1 lit. all four oceans are peaceful
  2. 2 worldwide peace (idiom)

Sample Sentences

哥伦比亚：民众每年都会庆祝“世界懒惰日”，平日高压工作的人们可以在这一天放松休息。
Gēlúnbǐyà ：mínzhòng měinián dōu huì qìngzhù “shìjièlǎnduòrì ”，píngrì gāoyā gōngzuò de rénmen kěyǐ zài zhè yìtiān fàngsōng xiūxi 。
Colombia: People celebrate "World Lazy Day" every year, and people who work under high pressure on weekdays can relax
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平日只能排晚班，假日都可以配合，请问有假吗？我家在南部，有时候得回家。
píngrì zhǐnéng pái wǎnbān ，jiàrì dōu kěyǐ pèihé ，qǐngwèn yǒu jià ma ？wǒjiā zài nánbù ，yǒushíhou děi huíjiā 。
On weekdays I can only work the late shift, on weekends I can work any shift. Can I ask if there are any holidays? I'm from the South, so sometimes I have to go back there.
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