昼夜
zhòu yè
Pinyin

Definition

昼夜
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zhòu yè
  1. day and night
  2. period of 24 hours
  3. continuously, without stop

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 variant of 夜[yè]
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
wǔ yè
  1. 1 midnight
yè yè
  1. 1 every night
yè xiāo
  1. 1 midnight snack
yè mù
  1. 1 curtain of night
  2. 2 gathering darkness
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
yè jǐng
  1. 1 nightscape
yè bān
  1. 1 night shift
yè kōng
  1. 1 night sky
yè sè
  1. 1 night scene
  2. 2 the dim light of night
yè li
  1. 1 during the night
  2. 2 at night
  3. 3 nighttime
yè māo zi
  1. 1 owl
  2. 2 (fig.) night owl
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night
xiāo yè
  1. 1 midnight snack
  2. 2 late-night snack
nián yè
  1. 1 lunar New Year's Eve

Idioms (20)

俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
  1. 1 to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi
  1. 1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
  2. 2 to study diligently
  3. 3 to burn the candle at both ends
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
  1. 1 to stay out all night (idiom)
夜不闭户
yè bù bì hù
  1. 1 lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
  1. 1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
  1. 1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
  1. 1 lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. foolish conceit
夜阑人静
yè lán rén jìng
  1. 1 the still of the night (idiom)
  2. 2 late at night
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
  1. 1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
  2. 2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn
  1. 1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. 2 to burn the midnight oil
昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng
  1. 1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
漫漫长夜
màn màn cháng yè
  1. 1 endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè
  1. 1 to stay up through the night (idiom)
长夜漫漫
cháng yè màn màn
  1. 1 endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering

Sample Sentences

还有点时间。那就给你们讲讲吧!我们说的养生和进补都是来自中医。中医讲究的是“天人相应”,说的是人要保持健康,就必须顺应自然,适应春夏秋冬的气候和昼夜规律,以保持人体阴阳平衡。
hái yǒu diǎn shíjiān 。nà jiù gěi nǐmen jiǎng jiang ba !wǒmen shuō de yǎngshēng hé jìnbǔ dōushì láizì zhōngyī 。zhōngyī jiǎngjiu de shì “tiānrénxiāngyìng ”,shuō de shì rén yào bǎochí jiànkāng ,jiù bìxū shùnyìng zìrán ,shìyìng chūn xià qiū dōng de qìhòu hé zhòuyè guīlǜ ,yǐ bǎochí réntǐ yīnyáng pínghéng 。
There's still a little time. I'll tell you guys all about it! The 'keeping yourself in good health' and 'supplementation' we're talking about come from Chinese medicine. Chinese medicine pays particular attention to how people interact with their environment. This means that if people want to maintain good health, they have to comply with nature and also adapt to the climate of the four seasons, as well as the day and night cycle. This is to keep a good balance of Yin and Yang energy.