昼 zhòu

daytime, daylight

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DEFINITIONS

  • daytime, daylight
  • daytime

STROKES

昼 stroke order diagram
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WORDS

昼夜 zhòu yè
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day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
白昼 bái zhòu daytime
不分昼夜 bù fēn zhòu yè day and night; round-the-clock
俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard
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
俨如白昼 yǎn rú bái zhòu as bright as daylight (idiom)
卜昼卜夜 bǔ zhòu bǔ yè day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
夜行昼伏 yè xíng zhòu fú to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
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
昼伏夜出 zhòu fú yè chū nocturnal; to hide by day and come out at night
昼夜平分点 zhòu yè píng fēn diǎn the equinox
昼夜节律 zhòu yè jié lǜ circadian rhythm
昼短夜长 zhòu duǎn yè cháng the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
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