day and night(yǐ yè jì zhòu)

day and night

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ y è J ì zh ò u, which means to use the time of night to connect the day, day and night. It comes from the biography of Zhiyun in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

"The legend of Zhiyun in dongguanhanji:" Your Majesty is far away from the mountains and forests. He pursues the day and night. He is like the ancestral temple of the state. "

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: night after day, night after day, night after day

Note: there is a difference between "all night long" and "all night long": many adverbials such as "study", "work", "labor" and "fight" are used in "all night long", which mainly refers to spirit. "All night long" mainly refers to time; the central word is more extensive.

Idiom usage

Examples

He also extended his neighbors and built more houses. He worked day and night without rest. Biography of Feng Zicong in northern history

Chinese PinYin : yǐ yè jì zhòu