昼夜 (晝夜)
zhòu yè
Pinyin

Definition

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夜
yè
  1. 1 variant: 夜 yè
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
夜店
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
夜间
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night

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)

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.
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