烈日
Liè rì
Pinyin

Definition

烈日
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liè rì
  1. scorching sun
烈日
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Liè rì
  1. Liege, town in Belgium

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
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]
假日
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
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)
夏日
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
工作日
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday
平日
píng rì
  1. 1 ordinary day
  2. 2 everyday
  3. 3 ordinarily
  4. 4 usually
强烈
qiáng liè
  1. 1 intense
  2. 2 (violently) strong
往日
wǎng rì
  1. 1 former days
  2. 2 the past
惨烈
cǎn liè
  1. 1 bitter
  2. 2 desperate
成日
chéng rì
  1. 1 all day long
  2. 2 the whole day
  3. 3 the whole time
日出
rì chū
  1. 1 sunrise
日前
rì qián
  1. 1 the other day
  2. 2 a few days ago
日报
rì bào
  1. 1 daily newspaper
日夜
rì yè
  1. 1 day and night
  2. 2 around the clock
日常
rì cháng
  1. 1 daily
  2. 2 everyday

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

想得美！你是不是去过几次“农家乐”，就以为全国农民都很悠闲自在？典型的农民守着一亩三分地，面朝黄土背朝天，你吹空调吃冰激凌的时候，他们还在烈日下除草施肥呢！
xiǎng de měi ！nǐ shì bùshì qù guo jǐcì “nóngjiālè ”，jiù yǐwéi quánguó nóngmín dōu hěn yōuxián zìzài ？diǎnxíng de nóngmín shǒu zhe yīmǔsānfēndì ，miàncháohuángtǔ bèicháotiān ，nǐ chuī kōngtiáo chī bīngjīlíng de shíhou ，tāmen hái zài lièrì xià chúcǎo shīféi ne ！
That's wishful thinking! Is it because you've been on a few "Happy Peasant Household" tours that you think all peasant life is so carefree and relaxing? The typical peasant is resigned to his plot of land and toils over it with his back to the sky. While you're eating ice cream with the air conditioning on, they're weeding and spreading fertilizer under the hot sun!
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农民又不用打卡上班，又没有人检查工作，干吗非要在烈日下除草呢？想什么时候去劳动就什么时候去。多自由！
nóngmín yòu bùyòng dǎkǎ shàngbān ，yòu méiyǒu rén jiǎnchá gōngzuò ，gànmá fēiyào zài lièrì xià chúcǎo ne ？xiǎng shénme shíhou qù láodòng jiù shénme shíhou qù 。duō zìyóu ！
Peasants don't have to clock in or have anyone checking their work. Why is it absolutely necessary that they weed under the hot sun? They can work whenever they want. They have so much freedom!
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