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夜以继日 (yè yǐ jì rì) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

夜以继日 (yè yǐ jì rì) is a Chinese word: day and night. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 夜以继日

副 fù adverb

day and night

他夜以继日地工作,终于完成了项目。

tā yè yǐ jì rì de gōng zuò zhōng yú wán chéng le xiàng mù

He worked day and night and finally completed the project.

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Word breakdown

夜 yè — night

以 yǐ — by means of, to use

继 jì — continue, succeed

日 rì — day

Structure & writing
1 夜 yè — night (from dusk to dawn), opposite of '日'/'昼'
夜 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

1.2 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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Stroke order

2 以 yǐ — with, by means of, using
以 is a component in 2 characters

以 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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3 继 jì — to continue, to follow

继 is not used as a component in any other character.

继 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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4 日 rì — the sun
日 is a component in 67 characters
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日 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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