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