一日之计在于晨 一日之計在於晨 yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom) / early morning is the golden time of the day 曦 xī (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning) syn 阳光普照 陽光普照 yáng guāng pǔ zhào (idiom) sunlight shines over all things / drenched in sunlight 阳炎 陽炎 yáng yán dazzling sunlight / glare of sunlight 早 zǎo early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely syn 早期 zǎo qī early period / early phase / early stage syn 早睡早起 zǎo shuì zǎo qǐ early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours 早睡早起 zǎo shuì - zǎo qǐ early to bed, early to rise / to keep early hours 晨报 晨報 chén bào morning newspaper / (in a newspaper's name) Morning Post 明朝 míng zhāo tomorrow morning / the following morning syn 华商晨报 華商晨報 huá shāng chén bào China Business Morning Post (morning edition of China Business News 華商報|华商报) 早课 早課 zǎo kè matins / morning service (in the Catholic Church) / morning chorus (of birds) 早C晚A zǎo - C wǎn - A (skincare regimen) Vitamin C in the morning, Vitamin A in the evening (original meaning) / (jocular) coffee in the morning, alcohol in the evening 早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 早晨 zǎo chén early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] / also pr. [zao3chen5] syn 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning / in the wee hours syn 清晨 qīng chén early morning syn 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning / at dawn syn 早班 zǎo bān early shift / morning work shift 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 一清早 yī qīng zǎo early in the morning syn 大清早 dà qīng zǎo early in the morning syn 早车 早車 zǎo chē morning bus / early train 玉露 yù lù gyokuro (shaded Japanese green tea) / (old) early-morning autumn dew / fine liquor 晙 jùn (literary) early morning / (literary) bright / (used in names) 大夜 dà yè the second half of the night / early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3ye4], evening) / (fig.) eternal rest / death / (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk 小夜 xiǎo yè the first half of the night / evening (cf. 大夜[da4ye4], early morning) 早日 zǎo rì soon / at an early date / the early days / the past syn 早退 zǎo tuì to leave early (before the stipulated finishing time) / to retire early (from one's job) 顾炎武 顧炎武 gù yán wǔ Gu Yanwu (1613-1682), late Ming and early Qing Confucian philosopher, linguist and historian, played a founding role in phonology of early Chinese, author of Rizhilu or Record of daily study 日知錄|日知录 虞世南 yú shì nán Yu Shinan (558-638), politician of Sui and early Tang periods, poet and calligrapher, one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家[Tang2 chu1 Si4 Da4 jia1] 早播 zǎo bō to plant early / to sow seeds in early spring 饥荒预警系统 飢荒預警系統 jī huāng yù jǐng xì tǒng Famine Early Warning System / Famine Early Warning System Network 早报警，早行动 早報警，早行動 Early Warning Early Action 早期幼儿启发教育 早期幼兒啟發教育 early childhood stimulation / early stimulation 日光 rì guāng sunlight syn 光影 guāng yǐng light and shadow / sunlight and shade 普照 pǔ zhào (of sunlight) to bathe all things / to shine gloriously syn 霞光 xiá guāng multicolored sunlight of sunrise or sunset 太阳光 太陽光 tài yáng guāng sunlight 波光 bō guāng gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight 曝晒 曝曬 pù shài to expose to strong sunlight syn 辰光 chén guāng sunlight / (Wu dialect) time of the day / moment syn 景 jǐng (bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight syn 化日 huà rì sunlight / daytime 阳光引起的反应 陽光引起的反應 sunlight-driven reactions 旵 chǎn (literary) (of sunlight) to beam down / to illuminate / (used in place names and given names) 昪 biàn (literary) (of sunlight) bright / (literary) happy / delighted (old variant of 忭[bian4]) 上午 shàng wǔ morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 朝阳 朝陽 zhāo yáng the morning sun syn 早晚 zǎo wǎn morning and evening / (in reference to sth that is bound to happen) sooner or later / one of these days / (coll.) (this, or that) point of time / (dialect) at some time in the future syn 早报 早報 zǎo bào morning newspaper 一大早 yī dà zǎo at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning syn 晨曦 chén xī first rays of morning sun / first glimmer of dawn syn 今晨 jīn chén this morning 北京晨报 北京晨報 běi jīng chén bào Beijing Morning Post, newspaper published 1998-2018 朝夕 zhāo xī morning and night / all the time syn 清早 qīng zǎo first thing in the morning / at daybreak syn 朝日 zhāo rì morning sun syn 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī lit. one morning and one evening (idiom) / fig. in a short period of time / overnight syn 晨星 chén xīng morning stars syn 明早 míng zǎo tomorrow morning / tomorrow 早上好 zǎo shang hǎo Good morning! 晨练 晨練 chén liàn morning exercise 早市 zǎo shì morning market 早茶 zǎo chá morning tea 朝露 zhāo lù morning dew / fig. precarious brevity of human life / ephemeral syn 牵牛 牽牛 qiān niú morning glory (Pharbitis nil) syn 早操 zǎo cāo morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries) 牵牛花 牽牛花 qiān niú huā white-edged morning glory 晨昏 chén hūn morning and twilight / day and night syn 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì lit. say three in the morning but four in the evening (idiom) / to change sth that is already settled upon / indecisive / to blow hot and cold syn 晨间 晨間 chén jiān (of the) morning 午前 wǔ qián morning / a.m. syn 喇叭花 lǎ ba huā morning glory syn 暮鼓晨钟 暮鼓晨鐘 mù gǔ chén zhōng lit. evening drum, morning bell (idiom) / fig. Buddhist monastic practice / the passage of time in a disciplined existence 晨钟暮鼓 晨鐘暮鼓 chén zhōng mù gǔ lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom) / fig. encouragement to study or progress 朝 zhāo morning syn 朝秦暮楚 zhāo qín mù chǔ serve Qin in the morning Chu in the evening (idiom) / quick to switch sides syn 害喜 hài xǐ to react to pregnancy by experiencing morning sickness or a strong appetite for certain foods syn 寥若晨星 liáo ruò chén xīng rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse syn 晨 chén morning / dawn / daybreak syn 断袖之癖 斷袖之癖 duàn xiù zhī pǐ lit. cut sleeve (idiom) / fig. euphemism for homosexuality, originating from History of Western Han 漢書|汉书: emperor Han Aidi (real name Liu Xin) was in bed with his lover Dong Xian, and had to attend a court audience that morning. Not wishing to awaken Dong Xian, who was sleeping with his head resting on the emperor's long robe sleeve, Aidi used a knife to cut off the lower half of his sleeve. 人生如朝露 rén shēng rú zhāo lù human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù human life as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù precarious as the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù precarious as morning dew (idiom) / unlikely to last out the day 夙夜匪懈 sù yè fěi xiè to work from morning to night (idiom) 昏定晨省 hūn dìng chén xǐng seeing to bed in the evening and visiting in the morning (ancient filial duty) 晨昏定省 chén hūn dìng xǐng morning and evening visits to parents / cf 昏定晨省[hun1 ding4 chen2 xing3] 朝闻夕改 朝聞夕改 zhāo wén xī gǎi lit. heard in the morning and changed by the evening / to correct an error very quickly (idiom) 朝过夕改 朝過夕改 zhāo guò xī gǎi to correct in the evening a fault of the morning (idiom) / to quickly amend one's ways 朝露溘至 zhāo lù kè zhì the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 浮云朝露 浮雲朝露 fú yún zhāo lù floating clouds, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral nature of human existence 溘先朝露 kè xiān zhāo lù the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 身先朝露 shēn xiān zhāo lù body will go with the morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious nature of human existence 电光朝露 電光朝露 diàn guāng zhāo lù flash of lightning, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral / impermanent 朝饔夕飧 zhāo yōng xī sūn lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom) / fig. to do nothing but eat and drink 南华早报 南華早報 nán huá zǎo bào South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong) 