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Examples:Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)—Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up late Dec on Gregorian calendar)—lit. make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil—day that is named but not numbered (on ethnic calendar)—Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement—ancient area of modern day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province—Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China—cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea—bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life—Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April)—dismiss students at the end of the school day—dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional)—modern day metaphor for an honest politician—All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)—Children's Day (June 1st), PRC national holiday for children under 14—lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day—red-painted eggs, traditional celebratory gift on third day after birth of new baby—precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely last out the day—vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty (1066-221 BC), located in present day Henan and Hebei Provinces—alludes the Sichan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day—ancient Chinese city state near modern day Beijing—Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing—stop work for the day (generally of laborers)—night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort—becoming more prosperous with each passing day—the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end—Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)—hit home on the evils of the day (idiom); fig. to hit a current political target—twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy—the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day—Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)—give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man fish and you feed him for a lifetime—the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)—eat three square meals a day and do no work [idiom.]—any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)— |