n. (Hira=ひ,にち) sun, star at the center of the solar system around which the planets revolve; sunshine; day

n. (Trad=日, Pinyin=ri4) Japan, country situated on a chain of islands off the eastern coast of Asia

n. (Trad=日, Pinyin=ri4) day, sun, date

adj. (Trad=日, Pinyin=ri4) Japanese

n. (Simp=日, Pinyin=ri4) Japan, country situated on a chain of islands off the eastern coast of Asia

n. (Simp=日, Pinyin=ri4) day, sun, date

adj. (Simp=日, Pinyin=ri4) Japanese

(1) work; employment; a task; a job; an occupation; business; duties; mission
(2) a matter; a thing; an affair; a fact; a proposition; a job; something; what; that
(3) circumstance; things; matters
(4) an incident; an occurrence; an event; an accident; trouble
(5) experience
(6) a plan; a business; an errand; a scheme; a project; a program; an undertaking

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[一] one

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[日] a day

san1 tian1 liang3 tou2
Every two or three days.
Almost every day. Every other day or so. Note that 头天 is the same as "the previous day". Alternative: 三日两头 (san1 ri4 liang3 tou2).

guang1 yin1 si4 jian4, ri4 yue4 ru2 suo1
Moon shining like an arrow, days and months seeming like shuttles.
Time flies!

kua1 fu4 zhui1 ri4
Kua Fu chasing the sun.
Biting off more than you can chew.

ru2 ri4 zhong1 tian1
Like the sun in mid sky.
To be very influential.

ru2 ri4 fang1 sheng1
As the sun is just rising.
Having broad and bright prospects

du4 ri4 ru2 nian2
Every day seems like a year.
(No further explanation)

ri4 mu4 tu2 qiong2
The day is waning and the road is ending.
Said of a person who is approaching the end of his days or heading for doom. On one's last legs. Compare with 涸哲之鲋 (he2 zhe2 zhi1 fu4).