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Examples:Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up late Dec on Gregorian calendar)—third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)—three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day—Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)—sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds—lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom); not be mentioned in the same breath—lit. make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil—Joseph Smith, Jr. (1805-1844), founder of the Latter Day Saint movement—ancient area of modern day Danyang City, Jiangsu Province—small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province—Quanrong, Zhou Dynasty ethnic group of present-day western China—spend the whole day eating (i.e. not doing any work)—Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)—day lily (Hemerocallis), used in Chinese medicine and cuisine—Hangu Pass in modern day Henan Province, strategic pass forming the eastern gate of the Qin State during the Warring States Period (770-221 BC)—bend to a task and spare no effort unto one's dying day (idiom); striving to the utmost one's whole life—ancient Chinese state near present day Chongqing—All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)—an extra day or month inserted inthe lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)—lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day—the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors—ancient place in modern day Zhejiang Province—ancient Chinese city state near modern day Beijing—Teachers' Day (Confucius' birthday, September 28th) (Taiwan)—Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing—lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress—stop work for the day (generally of laborers)—fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity—Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)—the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day—make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour—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—Ao, Shang Dynasty capital (northeast part of modern day Zhengzhou, Henan)—the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)—Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)—Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods— |