Summer hours were long, winter ones short; only at the spring and autumn equinoxes were the hours of daylight and darkness equal.
夏天的时间长，冬天的时间短；只有在春秋分点，白天和黑夜的时间才相等。
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Day and night were divided into the same number of parts, so that except at the equinoxes, days and night hours were unequal; and then of course the length of these hours varied with the seasons.