夏令时 (xià lìng shí) — daylight saving time (DST)

Definition

Summer time / daylight saving time — the seasonal clock adjustment. A direct translation: 夏 (summer) + 令 (order) + 时 (time), literally 'summer-ordered time'.

noun

daylight saving time (DST)

Examples

夏令时。
Měi nián sān yuè zhōng xún kāi shǐ shí xíng xià lìng shí.
Daylight saving time starts in the middle of March every year.
夏令时，。
xià lìng shí Jié shù hòu, tiān hēi dé yuè lái yuè zǎo.
After daylight saving time ends, it gets dark earlier and earlier.
夏令时。
Hěn duō guó jiā yǐ jīng qǔ xiāo le xià lìng shí.
Many countries have already abolished daylight saving time.

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