度日
dù rì
Pinyin

Definition

度日
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dù rì
  1. to pass one's days
  2. to scratch out a difficult, meager existence

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
度
dù
  1. 1 to pass
  2. 2 to spend (time)
  3. 3 measure
  4. 4 limit
  5. 5 extent
  6. 6 degree of intensity
  7. 7 degree (angles, temperature etc)
  8. 8 kilowatt-hour
  9. 9 classifier for events and occurrences
日
Rì
  1. 1 abbr. for 日本[Rì běn], Japan
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
生日
shēng rì
  1. 1 birthday
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
速度
sù dù
  1. 1 speed
  2. 2 rate
  3. 3 velocity
  4. 4 (music) tempo
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
一度
yī dù
  1. 1 for a time
  2. 2 at one time
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once
假日
jià rì
  1. 1 holiday
  2. 2 non-working day
再度
zài dù
  1. 1 once more
  2. 2 once again
  3. 3 one more time
制度
zhì dù
  1. 1 system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc)
  2. 2 institution
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
力度
lì dù
  1. 1 strength
  2. 2 vigor
  3. 3 efforts
  4. 4 (music) dynamics
印度
Yìn dù
  1. 1 India
即日
jí rì
  1. 1 this or that very day
  2. 2 in the next few days
向日葵
xiàng rì kuí
  1. 1 sunflower (Helianthus annuus)
国度
guó dù
  1. 1 country
  2. 2 nation
夏日
xià rì
  1. 1 summertime
大度
dà dù
  1. 1 magnanimous
  2. 2 generous (in spirit)
季度
jì dù
  1. 1 quarter of a year
  2. 2 season (sports)
尺度
chǐ dù
  1. 1 scale
  2. 2 yardstick
工作日
gōng zuò rì
  1. 1 workday
  2. 2 working day
  3. 3 weekday

Idioms (20)

一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
一日之雅
yī rì zhī yǎ
  1. 1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. casual acquaintance
一日千里
yī rì qiān lǐ
  1. 1 lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress
一日为师，终身为父
yī rì wéi shī , zhōng shēn wéi fù
  1. 1 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)
不可同日而语
bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
  2. 2 incomparable
不见天日
bù jiàn tiān rì
  1. 1 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice
世风日下
shì fēng rì xià
  1. 1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)
今日事今日毕
jīn rì shì jīn rì bì
  1. 1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
  1. 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth without considering the risks
  3. 3 to leave out of consideration
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
来日方长
lái rì fāng cháng
  1. 1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
  2. 2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there
偷天换日
tōu tiān huàn rì
  1. 1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
  2. 2 skulduggery
  3. 3 to hoodwink people
  4. 4 to cheat sb audaciously
光天化日
guāng tiān huà rì
  1. 1 the full light of day (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. peace and prosperity
  3. 3 in broad daylight
冰冻三尺，非一日之寒
bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán
  1. 1 three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day
同日而语
tóng rì ér yǔ
  1. 1 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)
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
  1. 1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
天长日久
tiān cháng rì jiǔ
  1. 1 after a long time (idiom)

Sample Sentences

我在国外度日如年，整天以泪洗面，根本没心思学习。我怎么这么命苦，那么多人追我我都看不上，偏偏看上了你这个有妇之夫。
wǒ zài guówài dùrìrúnián ，zhěngtiān yǐlèixǐmiàn ，gēnběn méi xīnsī xuéxí 。wǒ zěnme zhème mìngkǔ ，nàme duō rén zhuī wǒ wǒ dōu kànbushàng ，piānpiān kànshàng le nǐ zhè ge yǒufùzhīfū 。
When I was abroad, the days just dragged on and I cried constantly. I couldn't bring myself to study at all. Why did my life have to turn out so badly? So many guys come after me, and yet I think nothing of them. I'm only interested in you, a married man.
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