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一天
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

一天 [yìtiān]
  1. 1. a day
    一天二十四小时都有人值班。
    There are people on duty round the clock.
  2. 2. one day (in the past)
  3. 3. [Dialect] the whole day; all (the) day; from morning till night
    忙碌了一天
    have been busy all day

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

一天 [yìtiān]
  1. 1. 指一个昼夜
    吐鲁番一天之内的温差很大。
  2. 2. 指整个白天
    干了一天活儿也不觉得累。
  3. 3. 指过去或将来的某一天
    总有露马脚的一天
  4. 4. 名 [口] 整天
    一天都在外面闲逛。

Examples

我是混一天一天
I just manage to get by from day to day.
一天一天
日子一天好似一天
他的病一天一天厉害。
日子眼见得一天一天红火了。
他似乎一天到晚奔忙不休。
He seems to be on the move all day long.
他们辛苦了一天,得好好酬劳他们一下。
We should reward them generously for a hard day's work.
一天三顿饭
three meals a day
他们一发狠,三天的任务一天就完成了。
With a determined effort, they finished the three-day task in a single day.

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