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a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日三餐
yī rì sān cān
to have three meals a day
一日不如一日
yī rì bù rú yī rì
to be getting worse by the day
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
(idiom) teacher for one day, father forever; students should have deep respect and lifelong gratitude for their teachers
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom); early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
lit. friends for a day (idiom); fig. casual acquaintance
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
七日热
qī rì rè
leptospirosis
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath; incomparable
不可终日
bù kě zhōng rì
to be unable to carry on even for a single day; to be in a desperate situation
不日
bù rì
within the next few days; in a few days time
不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
与日俱增
yǔ rì jù zēng
to increase steadily; to grow with each passing day
与日俱进
yǔ rì jù jìn
every day sees new developments (idiom); to make constant progress
与日同辉
yǔ rì tóng huī
to become more glorious with each passing day (idiom)
世界日报
shì jiè rì bào
World Journal, US newspaper
世界末日
shì jiè mò rì
end of the world
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
东方日报
dōng fāng rì bào
Oriental Daily News
中国日报
zhōng guó rì bào
China Daily (an English language newspaper)
中国航海日
zhōng guó háng hǎi rì
Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和[Zheng4 He2] in 1405 AD
中央日报
zhōng yāng rì bào
Central Daily News
中日
zhōng rì
China-Japan
中日关系
zhōng rì guān xì
Sino-Japanese relations
中日韩
zhōng rì hán
China, Japan and Korea
中日韩统一表意文字
zhōng rì hán tǒng yī biǎo yì wén zì
China Japan Korea (CJK) unified ideographs; Unihan
中日韩越
zhōng rì hán yuè
China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam
主日
zhǔ rì
Sabbath; Sunday
主日学
zhǔ rì xué
Sunday School
主麻日
zhǔ má rì
(Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers
丽日
lì rì
bright sun; beautiful day
乌日
wū rì
Wuri, a district of Taichung, Taiwan
事到今日
shì dào jīn rì
under the circumstances; the matter having come to that point
亡兵纪念日
wáng bīng jì niàn rì
Memorial Day (American holiday)
交易日
jiāo yì rì
(finance) trading day
京郊日报
jīng jiāo rì bào
Beijing Suburbs Daily, newspaper in operation 1980-2018
人民日报
rén mín rì bào
People's Daily (PRC newspaper)
今日
jīn rì
today
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
今日头条
jīn rì tóu tiáo
Toutiao, personalized content recommendation app
今时今日
jīn shí jīn rì
this day and age (dialect)
他日
tā rì
(literary) some day; (literary) days in the past
何日
hé rì
when?
佛诞日
fó dàn rì
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
值日
zhí rì
on day duty
值日生
zhí rì shēng
student on duty; prefect
假日
jià rì
a holiday; a day off
做生日
zuò shēng rì
to celebrate a birthday
停战日
tíng zhàn rì
Armistice Day
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom); skulduggery; to hoodwink people
儒略日
rú lvè rì
Julian day (astronomy)
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
the full light of day (idiom); fig. peace and prosperity; in broad daylight
光明日报
guāng míng rì bào
Guangming Daily, a Beijing newspaper
克日
kè rì
to set a date; to set a time frame; within a certain time limit
全日制
quán rì zhì
full-time (schooling, work etc)
全日空
quán rì kōng
All Nippon Airways (ANA)
公休日
gōng xiū rì
public holiday
六日战争
liù rì zhàn zhēng
the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors
养兵千日，用兵一时
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng bīng yī shí
lit. Train an army for a thousand days to use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
养兵千日，用在一时
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī shí
see 養兵千日，用兵一時|养兵千日，用兵一时[yang3 bing1 qian1 ri4 , yong4 bing1 yi1 shi2]
养兵千日，用在一朝
yǎng bīng qiān rì , yòng zài yī zhāo
lit. train an army for a thousand days to use it for one morning (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off
农奴解放日
nóng nú jiě fàng rì
Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
冬日
dōng rì
wintertime
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
冰叶日中花
bīng yè rì zhōng huā
ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
出生日期
chū shēng rì qī
date of birth
到期日
dào qī rì
due date; expiry date; maturity date
刻日
kè rì
variant of 克日[ke4 ri4]
前日
qián rì
day before yesterday
勃列日涅夫
bó liè rì niè fū
Leonid Brezhnev (1906-1982), Soviet statesman, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the USSR 1966-1982
化日
huà rì
sunlight; daytime
北京日报
běi jīng rì bào
Beijing Daily
十三日
shí sān rì
thirteenth day of a month
十日谈
shí rì tán
Decameron, collection of 100 tales of love supposedly told by ten young people in ten days, written by Giovanni Boccaccio 薄伽丘[Bo2 jia1 qiu1]
半日制学校
bàn rì zhì xué xiào
half-day (or double-shift) school
半日工作
bàn rì gōng zuò
part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon
华尔街日报
huá ěr jiē rì bào
Wall Street Journal
单日
dān rì
on a single day
即日
jí rì
this or that very day; in the next few days
双休日
shuāng xiū rì
two-day weekend
反日
fǎn rì
anti-Japan
发工资日
fā gōng zī rì
payday
发薪日
fā xīn rì
payday
受难日
shòu nàn rì
Good Friday
吉日
jí rì
propitious day; lucky day
同日
tóng rì
on the same day
同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ
lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom); to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y)
后日
hòu rì
the day after tomorrow; from hence; from now
向日葵
xiàng rì kuí
sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
周休二日
zhōu xiū èr rì
(Tw) two-day weekend (usually Saturday and Sunday)
周日
zhōu rì
(dialect) weekday
周日圈
zhōu rì quān
(astronomy) diurnal circle
周日运动
zhōu rì yùn dòng
(astronomy) diurnal motion
命名日
mìng míng rì
name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)
哈日
hā rì
Japanophile
哈日族
hā rì zú
Japanophile (refers to teenage craze for everything Japanese, originally mainly in Taiwan)
四川日报
sì chuān rì bào
Sichuan Daily
四日市
sì rì shì
Yokkaichi (city in Japan)
国势日衰
guó shì rì shuāi
national decline
国定假日
guó dìng jià rì
national holiday
国庆日
guó qìng rì
national day
国际日期变更线
guó jì rì qī biàn gēng xiàn
international date line
土曜日
tǔ yào rì
Saturday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
圣灰瞻礼日
shèng huī zhān lǐ rì
Ash Wednesday
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom); fig. there's no place like home
夏日
xià rì
summertime
夙日
sù rì
at ordinary times
多日赛
duō rì sài
race of several days; many day competition
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
大日如来
dà rì rú lái
Vairocana, Buddha of supreme enlightenment
天穿日
tiān chuān rì
a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month
天长日久
tiān cháng rì jiǔ
after a long time (idiom)
太阳日
tài yáng rì
solar day
失效日期
shī xiào rì qī
expiry date (of document)
好日子
hǎo rì zi
auspicious day; good day; happy life
如日中天
rú rì zhōng tiān
lit. like the sun at noon (idiom); fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc
安息日
ān xī rì
Sabbath
定日
dìng rì
see 定日縣|定日县[Ding4 ri4 Xian4]
定日县
dìng rì xiàn
Tingri, a county in Shigatse City 日喀則市|日喀则市[Ri4 ka1 ze2 Shi4], Tibet
对日
duì rì
(policy etc) towards Japan
小日子
xiǎo rì zi
simple life; (Internet slang) euphemistic substitute for 日本[Ri4 ben3] or 日本人[Ri4 ben3 ren2]
小日本
xiǎo rì běn
(derog.) Japanese person; Jap
小日本儿
xiǎo rì běn r
erhua variant of 小日本[xiao3 Ri4 ben3]
尼日
ní rì
Niger (Tw)
尼日利亚
ní rì lì yà
Nigeria
尼日尔
ní rì ěr
Niger (country in West Africa); Niger River, West Africa
尼日尔河
ní rì ěr hé
Niger River of West Africa
工人日报
gōng rén rì bào
Workers' Daily, Chinese newspaper founded in 1949
工作日
gōng zuò rì
workday; working day; weekday
巴吞鲁日
bā tūn lǔ rì
Baton Rouge, capital of Louisiana
布鲁日
bù lǔ rì
Bruges (Dutch Brugge), medieval town in Belgium
平常日
píng cháng rì
weekday
平日
píng rì
ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily
年均日照
nián jūn rì zhào
average annual sunshine (hours)
广州日报
guǎng zhōu rì bào
Guangzhou Daily
度日
dù rì
to pass one's days; to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
度日如年
dù rì rú nián
a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy; time crawls when one is wretched
当日
dàng rì
that very day; the same day
往日
wǎng rì
former days; the past
忌日
jì rì
anniversary of a death; inauspicious day
念日
niàn rì
memorial day; commemoration day
成日
chéng rì
all day long; the whole day; the whole time
截止日
jié zhǐ rì
deadline; cut-off date
抗日
kàng rì
to resist Japan (esp. during WW2); anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
抗日战争
kàng rì zhàn zhēng
(China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945)
抗日救亡运动
kàng rì jiù wáng yùn dòng
the Save the Nation Anti-Japanese Protest Movement stemming from the Manchurian railway incident of 18th July 1931 九一八事變|九一八事变
拉格朗日
lā gé lǎng rì
Lagrange (name); Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist
拨云见日
bō yún jiàn rì
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
择日
zé rì
to fix a date (for an event); to select an auspicious date
