日夜
rì yè
Pinyin

Definition

日夜
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rì yè
  1. day and night
  2. around the clock

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 variant of 夜[yè]
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
  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]
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
wǔ yè
  1. 1 midnight
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
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
yè bàn
  1. 1 midnight
yè chǎng
  1. 1 evening show (at theater etc)
yè yè
  1. 1 every night
yè xiāo
  1. 1 midnight snack

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
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
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
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
  1. 1 to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi
  1. 1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
  2. 2 to study diligently
  3. 3 to burn the candle at both ends

Sample Sentences

两小无猜日夜相随
liǎngxiǎowúcāi rìyè xiāng suí
so young and innocent together everyday.
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你不知道,你外公现在说话语无伦次,脾气也很坏,动不动就骂人。而且动作也不协调,经常摔跤。作息时间也是日夜颠倒,他整夜不睡,我和你爸爸晚上也睡不好。我们白天又要上班,真是太累了。
nǐ bù zhīdào ,nǐ wàigōng xiànzài shuōhuà yǔwúlúncì ,píqì yě hěn huài ,dòng bu dòng jiù màrén 。érqiě dòngzuò yě bù xiétiáo ,jīngcháng shuāijiāo 。zuòxī shíjiān yě shì rìyè diāndào ,tā zhěng yè bù shuì ,wǒ hé nǐ bàba wǎnshang yě shuìbuhǎo 。wǒmen báitiān yòu yào shàngbān ,zhēn shì tài lèi le 。
You don’t understand, your grandfather’s speech is incoherent now, and he’s really irritable, he shouts at people over the slightest thing. His movements aren’t coordinated and he falls over all the time. His sleep patterns are all messed up as well, he sleeps all day and doesn’t sleep at all at night, so your dad and I can’t get enough sleep. We both have to work during the day, it’s exhausting.