昨日
zuó rì
Pinyin

Definition

昨日
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zuó rì
  1. yesterday

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
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
昨天
zuó tiān
  1. 1 yesterday
昨晚
zuó wǎn
  1. 1 yesterday evening
  2. 2 last night

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

Sample Sentences

那你可真要接受再教育了。你说的这些新游戏，其实也已经是昨日黄花了，还有更多新的游戏呢。比如我现在玩的“魔兽世界”，“使命”，才是人气最旺的。
nà nǐ kě zhēn yào jiēshòu zài jiāoyù le 。nǐ shuō de zhèxiē xīn yóuxì ，qíshí yě yǐjīng shì zuórì huánghuā le ，hái yǒu gèngduō xīn de yóuxì ne 。bǐrú wǒ xiànzài wánr de “móshòu shìjiè ”，“shǐmìng ”，cái shì rénqì zuì wàng de 。
Well, then, you really need some re-education. These ''new" games you're talking about are actually old news. There are even more new games. For example, I'm playing ''World of Warcraft," and ''Call of Duty." Those are some really hot games.
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古巴、巴西以及我国的雷达最新监控显示，法国的核潜艇于昨日凌晨突然在其活动海域消失。我们分析法国是想掠夺南美，特别是委内瑞拉的石油资源。我国已经进入一级战备状态，请求各盟国军事支援。
Gǔbā 、Bāxī yǐjí wǒguó de léidá zuìxīn jiānkòng xiǎnshì ，Fǎguó de hé qiántǐng yú zuórì língchén tūrán zài qí huódònghǎiyù xiāoshī 。wǒmen fēnxī Fǎguó shì xiǎng lüèduó Nánměi ，tèbié shì Wěinèiruìlā de shíyóuzīyuán 。wǒguó yǐjīng jìnrù yījí zhànbèi zhuàngtài ，qǐngqiú gè méngguó jūnshì zhīyuán 。
Our latest radar reports, plus reports from Cuba and Brazil, indicate that a French nuclear submarine suddenly disappeared from its area of activity in the early morning yesterday. Our analysis indicates that France wants to seize South America, especially Venezuela's oil resources. We're already on Level I alert, and we've requested military support from all our allies.
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