终日 (zhōng rì) — all day (long)
Definition
Literary/written for 'all day long' — reads as more formal than the everyday 整天. Functions as a noun or adverbial in pre-modern style prose.
noun
all day (long)
Examples
- 终日。Tā zhōng rì zài shū fáng lǐ dú shū.He reads in the study all day long.
- 终日。zhōng rì Máng lù què háo wú shōu huò.Busy all day but without any gain.
- 终日。Tā zhōng rì zuò zài chuāng qián fā dāi.She sits by the window in a daze all day.
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