没日没夜 - day and night/regardless of the time of day or night - méi rì méi yè | Definition

一日三秋

yī rì sān qiū

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 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

一日之计在于晨

yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén

1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
2 early morning is the golden time of the day

一日之雅

yī rì zhī yǎ

1 lit. friends for a day (idiom)
2 fig. casual acquaintance

一日千里

yī rì qiān lǐ

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 lit. teacher for one day, father for ever (idiom)

不可同日而语

bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ

1 lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not to be mentioned in the same breath
2 incomparable

不见天日

bù jiàn tiān rì

1 all black, no daylight (idiom); a world without justice

世风日下

shì fēng rì xià

1 public morals are degenerating with each passing day (idiom)

今日事今日毕

jīn rì shì jīn rì bì

1 never put off until tomorrow what you can do today (idiom)

来日方长

lái rì fāng cháng

1 the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later
2 We'll cross that bridge when we get there

俾夜作昼

bǐ yè zuò zhòu

1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
2 work especially hard

俾昼作夜

bǐ zhòu zuò yè

1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

偷天换日

tōu tiān huàn rì

1 to engage in fraudulent activities (idiom)
2 skulduggery
3 to hoodwink people
4 to cheat sb audaciously

光天化日

guāng tiān huà rì

1 the full light of day (idiom)
2 fig. peace and prosperity
3 in broad daylight

冰冻三尺，非一日之寒

bīng dòng sān chǐ , fēi yī rì zhī hán

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 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 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
2 fig. there's no place like home

夙夜匪懈

sù yè fěi xiè

1 to work from morning to night (idiom)

夙兴夜寐

sù xīng yè mèi

1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
2 to study diligently
3 to burn the candle at both ends

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