日月 - rì yuè - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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日月

rì yuè

Definition

the sun and moon
day and month
every day and every month
season
life and livelihood

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

明

míng

bright; light; brilliant; clear (of meaning); to understand; to comprehend; to know; next; public; open; wise; generic term for a sacrifice to the gods

厴

yǎn

operculum (Latin: little lid); a covering flap (in various branches of anatomy)

Related words (5)

日月暈

rì yuè yùn

halo; ring of light around the sun or moon

日月食

rì yuè shí

eclipsis (of the moon or sun)

日月五星

rì yuè wǔ xīng

sun, moon and the five visible planets

日月蹉跎

rì yuè cuō tuó

days and months slip away; (fig.) the inexorable passage of time

日月重光

rì yuè chóng guāng

the sun and moon shine once more; (fig.) things get back to normal after an upheaval

Idioms (1)

日月如梭

rì yuè rú suō

the sun and moon like a shuttle (idiom); How time flies!

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