Pinyin

Definition

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  1. sun
  2. day
  3. date, day of the month
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  1. abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

jīn rì
  1. 1 today
  1. 1 abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
Rì běn
  1. 1 Japan
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
jí rì
  1. 1 this or that very day
  2. 2 in the next few days
xiàng rì kuí
  1. 1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
píng rì
  1. 1 ordinary day
  2. 2 everyday
  3. 3 ordinarily
  4. 4 usually
wǎng rì
  1. 1 former days
  2. 2 the past
chéng rì
  1. 1 all day long
  2. 2 the whole day
  3. 3 the whole time
rì chū
  1. 1 sunrise
rì qián
  1. 1 the other day
  2. 2 a few days ago
rì bào
  1. 1 daily newspaper
rì yè
  1. 1 day and night
  2. 2 around the clock
rì cháng
  1. 1 daily
  2. 2 everyday
Rì shì
  1. 1 Japanese style
rì hòu
  1. 1 sometime
  2. 2 someday (in the future)

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)
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)
在家千日好,出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
  1. 1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
天长日久
tiān cháng rì jiǔ
  1. 1 after a long time (idiom)
如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān
  1. 1 lit. like the sun at noon (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
度日如年
dù rì rú nián
  1. 1 a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy
  2. 2 time crawls when one is wretched

Sample Sentences

嗯…第五条这里,交货日期可以提早一点吗?
en …dì wǔ tiáo zhèlǐ ,jiāohuò rìqī kěyǐ tízǎo yìdiǎn ma ?
Emm...about Article five, could you make the product delivery date slightly earlier?
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生日
shēngrì
Birthday
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生日快乐!
shēngrìkuàilè !
Happy birthday!
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你什么时候生日?
nǐ shénme shíhou shēngrì ?
When is your birthday?
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要不这样,择日不如撞日,我们今晚吃顿饭吧,我现在就去接您。
yàobù zhèyàng ,zérìbùrúzhuàngrì ,wǒmen jīnwǎn chī dùn fàn ba ,wǒ xiànzài jiù qù jiē nín 。
What about this? There's no better day than today, let's have dinner this evening. I'll go pick you up right now.
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day
周日
zhōu rì
Sunday
十八日
shíbā rì
eighteenth
二十七日
èrshíqī rì
twenty-seventh
两小无猜日夜相随
liǎngxiǎowúcāi rìyè xiāng suí
so young and innocent together everyday.
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