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昼
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Definitions
- 1. daytime
Words Containing 昼
the equinox
day and night
the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
Zai Yu sleeps by day (idiom); refers to story in Analects of Confucius remonstrating bitterly with his student for sleeping during lectures
day and night
nocturnal
circadian rhythm
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
as bright as daylight (idiom)