Night and day (idiom) in Chinese: 夜以继日 (yè yǐ jì rì)
yè yǐ jì rì
night and day (idiom)
Definitions
- 1night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
Stroke order
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Zhuyin
This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.
ㄧㄝˋ
yè
ㄧˇ
yǐ
ㄐㄧˋ
jì
ㄖˋ
rì
Simplified & traditional
夜以继日
Simplified
夜以繼日
Traditional
Example sentences
See 夜以继日 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.
为了完成任务，他们夜以继日地工作。
wèi le wán chéng rèn wu， tā men yè yǐ jì rì dì gōng zuò。
To finish the task, they worked day and night.
Related words
日
rì
sun
以
yǐ
to use
夜
yè
night
继
jì
to continue
可以
kě yǐ
can
生日
shēng rì
birthday
所以
suǒ yǐ
therefore
节日
jié rì
holiday
以后
yǐ hòu
after
以前
yǐ qián
before
以为
yǐ wéi
to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.)
继续
jì xù
to continue
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