day and night

day and night

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is y ǐ y è J ì zh ā o, which means day after night. It comes from Yan Zhitui's family precepts mianxue in the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Used as an attributive or adverbial; used in writing

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: day after day, day after day, day after night

The origin of Idioms

Yan Zhitui's "Yan Family Precepts · mianxue" in the Northern Qi Dynasty says, "the emperor of Yuan Dynasty, in Jiangjing, revived his love and study, summoned and set up students, became a professor in person, forgot to eat and sleep, and continued to work all night."

Idiom explanation

He said day and night.