日月 (rì yuè) — sun and moon; time; days; life; livelihood

Definition

Literary word for 'sun and moon', often used together to mean 'time / days' or 'one's livelihood' in classical or poetic contexts. Far more formal than the everyday time word 时间.

noun

sun and moontimedayslifelivelihood

Examples

日月，。
rì yuè Rú suō, zhuǎn yǎn yòu shì yì nián.
Time flies like a shuttle — another year has passed in a blink.
日月，。
Nóng mín kào rì yuè guò huó, shōu cheng hǎo huài quán kàn tiān.
Farmers make their livelihood by the sun and moon — the harvest depends entirely on the weather.
日月。
Gǔ rén cháng yǐ rì yuè bǐ yù guāng míng yǔ hēi àn.
Ancient people often used the sun and moon as a metaphor for light and darkness.

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