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昼

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  1. 1. daytime

Words Containing 昼

昼夜平分点
zhòu yè píng fēn diǎn

the equinox

昼夜
zhòu yè

day and night

白昼
bái zhòu
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng

the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)

俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu

lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil

卜昼卜夜
bǔ zhòu bǔ yè

day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)

宰予昼寝
zǎi yǔ zhòu qǐn

Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures

不分昼夜
bù fēn zhòu yè

day and night

昼伏夜出
zhòu fú yè chū

nocturnal

昼夜节律
zhòu yè jié lǜ

circadian rhythm

俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè

to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú

to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)

俨如白昼
yǎn rú bái zhòu

as bright as daylight (idiom)

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