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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)—the first day of each month—Ghosts' festival on 15th day of 7th moon—national day of many countries—Laba rice porridge festival, on the 8th day of the 12th lunar month—third day of the lunar year (inauspicious for visits because arguments happen easily on that day)—the Double Ninth Festival (9th day of the 9th lunar month)—name day (tradition of celebrating a given name on a certain day of the year)—Buddha's Birthday (8th day of the 4th Lunar month)—regardless of the time of day or night—15th day of month (lunar calendar)—thirteenth day of a month—the fifteenth day of each lunar month—Feast of All Souls (fifteenth day of seventh lunar month) (Buddhism)—Laba congee, ceremonial rice porridge dish eaten on the 8th day of the 12th month in the Chinese calendar—Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Jewish holiday)—twelve divisions of the day of early Chinese and Babylonian time-keeping and astronomy—Ash Wednesday (first day of Lent)—first day of lunar month—Dragon Boat Festival (the 5th day of the 5th lunar month)—the Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month)—first day of the lunar month—Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of 5th lunar month)—9th day of 9th 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—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—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)—(indicating time of day) o'clock—the Six-Day War of June 1967 between Israel and its Arab neighbors—three feet of ice does not form in a single day (idiom); Rome wasn't built in a day—Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing—stop work for the day (generally of laborers)—make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour—Ao, Shang Dynasty capital (northeast part of modern day Zhengzhou, Henan)—the full light of day [idiom.]— |