晝 zhòu

daytime, daylight

DEFINITIONS

  • daytime, daylight
  • daytime

WORDS

不分晝夜 bù fēn zhòu yè day and night; round-the-clock
俾夜作晝 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard
俾晝作夜 bǐ zhòu zuò yè to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
儼如白晝 yǎn rú bái zhòu as bright as daylight (idiom)
卜晝卜夜 bǔ zhòu bǔ yè day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
夜行晝伏 yè xíng zhòu fú to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
宰予晝寢 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
晝伏夜出 zhòu fú yè chū nocturnal; to hide by day and come out at night
晝夜 zhòu yè day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop
晝夜平分點 zhòu yè píng fēn diǎn the equinox
晝夜節律 zhòu yè jié lǜ circadian rhythm
晝短夜長 zhòu duǎn yè cháng the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
白晝 bái zhòu daytime
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