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  *日* | 日* | *日
abbr. for 日本, Japan
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  *日* | 日* | *日
sun / day / date, day of the month
HSK 1
Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县, Taiwan
on day duty
the full light of day (idiom) / fig. peace and prosperity / in broad daylight
to pass one's days / to scratch out a difficult, meager existence
(Islam) Friday, when Muslims go to the mosque before noon to attend congregational prayers
today
HSK 5
workday / working day / weekday
HSK 5
birthday / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
to be getting worse by the day
this day and age (dialect)
a holiday; a day off
HSK 6
end of the world
Serf Liberation Day (PRC)
daily (law) / per diem
this or that very day / in the next few days
same day / simultaneous
(idiom) up to the present / even now / now (in contrast with the past) / at this late hour
(finance) trading day
anti-Japan
daily / (soup etc) of the day
to celebrate a birthday
deadline; cut-off date
China-Japan
Japanophile
another day / some other day
HSK 7-9
all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
public holiday
due date; expiry date; maturity date
next day
all day long
sunlight / daytime
(literary) ten days / short period
Liege, town in Belgium
scorching sun
all day long / the whole day / the whole time
time / auspicious time / time and date / long period of time / this day
every day and every hour / hourly and daily (idiom)
all day long / the whole day
within the next few days / in a few days time
to be unable to carry on even for a single day / to be in a desperate situation
ordinary day / everyday / ordinarily / usually
HSK 7-9
soon; at an early date / the early days; the past
HSK 7-9
when?
yesterday
to resist Japan (esp. during WW2) / anti-Japanese (esp. wartime activities)
Sunday
HSK 1
Wednesday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
national day
(literary) the sun over the sea
Armistice Day
public holiday
HSK 6
former days; the past
HSK 7-9
Sunday
(dialect) weekday
day after day
HSK 7-9
Lagrange (name) / Joseph-Louis Lagrange (1735-1813), French mathematician and physicist
lit. hiding the sky and covering the earth (idiom); fig. earth-shattering / omnipresent / of universal importance
setting sun
holiday / festival / CL: 個|个
HSK 2
lit. Sichuan dogs bark at the sun (idiom); fig. a simpleton will marvel at even the most common things / alludes to the Sichuan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day
propitious day / lucky day
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
weekday
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
thirteenth day of a month
Sunday (used in ancient Chinese astronomy)
all day
under the circumstances / the matter having come to that point
memorial day / commemoration day
tomorrow
HSK 6
fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity
World Pi Day, a celebration of the mathematical constant π on March 14 each year
Memorial Day (American holiday)
(literary) some day / (literary) days in the past
future days / (literary) the next day / (old) past days
to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom) / skulduggery / to hoodwink people / to cheat sb audaciously
Julian day (astronomy)
National Tree Planting Day (March 12th), as known as Arbor Day 植樹節|植树节
Niger (Tw)
Asahi (Japanese place name, company name etc)
morning sun
former times / olden days
(idiom) in broad daylight; in the middle of the day / KMT emblem, a white sun on a blue background
to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date
Judgment Day (in Christian eschatology)
last day / end / final days / doomsday
HSK 7-9
Maritime Day (July 11th) commemorating the first voyage of Zheng He 鄭和|郑和 in 1405 AD
Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)
summertime
Sabbath / Sunday
Bruges (Dutch Brugge), medieval town in Belgium
(in) the past few days / recently / (within) the next few days
HSK 6
day before yesterday
national holiday
lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion
at ordinary times
former days / in the past
HSK 7-9
on that day
HSK 7-9

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