day 46times of day and of life

times of day and of life

Tell a life story in time order with written time words (早年, 当晚, 次日一早, 一晃, 迄今), and talk about times of day and of life.

today’s words

• 黎明 límíng · dawn, daybreak
• 一早 yīzǎo · early in the morning
• 黄昏 huánghūn · dusk, twilight
• 当晚 dàngwǎn · that same evening
• 当日 dāngrì · on that day, the same day
• 次日 cìrì · the next day
• 即日 jírì · today; within a few days
• 改日 gǎirì · another day, some other time
• 来年 láinián · next year, the coming year
• 平日 píngrì · ordinary days, usually
• 往常 wǎngcháng · usually, as usual (in the past)
• 往日 wǎngrì · former days, the past
• 昔日 xīrì · former days (literary)
• 早年 zǎonián · in your early years, years ago
• 往事 wǎngshì · past events, memories
• 前夕 qiánxī · eve (of an event)
• 末日 mòrì · end of the world, doomsday; last day
• 彻夜 chèyè · all night long
• 通宵 tōngxiāo · all night, overnight
• 连夜 liányè · that very night, overnight
• 昼夜 zhòuyè · day and night
• 成天 chéngtiān · all day long
• 成年 chéngnián · all year round
• 毕生 bìshēng · all your life, lifelong
• 终生 zhōngshēng · all your life, lifelong
• 永恒 yǒnghéng · eternal, everlasting
• 永久 yǒngjiǔ · permanent, for ever
• 刹那 chànà · instant, split second
• 转眼 zhuǎnyǎn · in the blink of an eye
• 一晃 yīhuàng · in a flash (time passes)
• 眼下 yǎnxià · at present, right now
• 迄今 qìjīn · so far, to date
• 长期以来 chángqīyǐlái · for a long time (up to now)
• 多年来 duōniánlái · for many years (up to now)
• 连年 liánnián · year after year

sentences

• 黎明的时候，医院里很安静。 · At dawn the hospital is very quiet.
• 他早年在山里当医生。 · In his early years he was a doctor in the mountains.
• 为了照顾病人，他彻夜没睡。 · He stayed up all night to look after the patient.
• 一晃三十年过去了。 · Thirty years went by in a flash.
• 眼下最重要的是好好休息。 · Right now the most important thing is to rest properly.