三日 (sān rì) — third day (of the month); three days (formal/literary)
Definition
三日 (sān rì) is the formal/literary 'three days' or 'the third day of the month' — unlike 三天, it is a set, fixed phrase used in written Chinese and dates, not in casual spoken time expressions.
noun
third day (of the month)three days (formal/literary)
Examples
- 三日。Huì yì dìng zài sān yuè sān rì jǔ xíng.The meeting is scheduled for March 3rd.
- 三日。sān rì Zhī nèi bì xū wán chéng zhè xiàng rèn wu.This task must be completed within three days.
- 三日，。sān rì Bú jiàn, tā shòu le hěn duō.After not seeing him for three days, he has lost a lot of weight.
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