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Examples:nine periods of nine days each after winter solstice, the coldest time of the year—Hanukkah (Chanukah), 8 day Jewish holiday starting on the 25th day of Kislev (can occur from late Nov up late Dec on Gregorian calendar)—Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)—one day's sun, ten days' frost (idiom, from Mencius); fig. work for a bit then skimp—third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)—last few days of the month—lit. fish for three days and sun-dry the nets for two days (proverb)—name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)—reverberates around the rafters for three days (idiom); fig. sonorous and resounding (esp. of singing voice)—memorial activity 35 days after a person's death—cannon firing for days on end (idiom); enveloped in the flames of war—lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day—pay every ten days, give tribute every month (idiom); incessant and ever more complicated demands—lit. Train an army for a thousand days use it for an hour. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off—for several days running—the twenty seven days after the Winter Solstice, reputed be the coldest days of the year—the 10 or 20 days following the lunar New Year's Day—Ascension Day (Christian festival forty days after Easter)—lit. Train an army for a thousand days use it for one morning. (idiom); fig. extensive preparation eventually pays off—the winter days are short and the nights long [idiom.]—whine on for days [idiom.]—three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof rip the tiles [idiom.]—Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt reform the Qing dynasty—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—sage Emperors Shun and Yao rule every day (idiom); all for the best in the best of all possible worlds—fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment—Zhou Dynasty vassal state in modern day Shandong Province—burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day—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—small state during the Shang Dynasty (1600-1046 BC) located in the southeast of modern-day Gansu Province—three nine day periods after the winter solstice—cf Japan's surrender on 15th August 1945, celebrated as Liberation Day in Korea—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—dismiss students at the end of the school day—dinner party given on the third day after the birth of a baby (traditional)—All Saints' Day (Christian festival on 2nd November)—an extra day or month inserted inthe lunar or solar calendar (such as February 29)—precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely last out the day—the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors—Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing—alludes the Sichan foggy weather where it's uncommon to see a sunny day—Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar—lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress—fine time, lucky day (idiom); fig. good opportunity—a Hakka festival held on the 20th day of the first lunar month—give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man fish and you feed him for a lifetime—a day drags past like a year (idiom); time hangs heavy—rivers pour away by the day (idiom); going from bad worse—Golden Week, two 7-day national holiday periods—Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)—any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty)— |