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 zǎo early / morning / Good morning! / long ago / prematurely syn 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 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 黑影 hēi yǐng shadow / darkness / twilight syn 暮色 mù sè twilight syn 余晖 餘暉 yú huī twilight / afterglow syn 薄暮 bó mù dusk / twilight syn 曛 xūn twilight / sunset 暮色苍茫 暮色蒼茫 mù sè cāng máng the hazy dusk of twilight (idiom) 曚 méng twilight before dawn 微明 wēi míng twilight 暮气朦胧 暮氣朦朧 mù qì méng lóng obscurity brought by the twilight (idiom) 曙暮光 shǔ mù guāng twilight 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 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 朝夕 zhāo xī morning and night / all the time 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 早操 zǎo cāo morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries) 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 寥若晨星 liáo ruò chén xīng rare as morning stars (idiom) / few and far between / sparse 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 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) 朝露溘至 zhāo lù kè zhì the morning dew will swiftly dissipate (idiom) / fig. ephemeral and precarious 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 夙夜 sù yè morning and night / always / at all times 朝生暮死 zhāo shēng mù sǐ lit. born in the morning and dying at dusk (idiom) / fig. ephemeral / transient 夕发朝至 夕發朝至 xī fā zhāo zhì to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning / overnight (train) 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 上午 shàng wǔ morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 早上 zǎo shang early morning / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 朝阳 朝陽 zhāo yáng the morning sun 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 清早 qīng zǎo first thing in the morning / at daybreak syn 朝日 zhāo rì morning sun 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 牵牛花 牽牛花 qiān niú huā white-edged morning glory 早班 zǎo bān early shift / morning work shift 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 晨 chén morning / dawn / daybreak syn 曦 xī (literary) sunlight (usu. in early morning) syn 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 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) 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 浮云朝露 浮雲朝露 fú yún zhāo lù floating clouds, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral 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 南华早报 南華早報 nán huá zǎo bào South China Morning Post (newspaper in Hong Kong) 媊 qián planet Venus in the morning 旽 tūn morning sun, sunrise 一清早 yī qīng zǎo early in the morning syn 上半晌 shàng bàn shǎng forenoon / morning / a.m. syn 前半天 qián bàn tiān morning / a.m. / first half of the day syn 前半晌 qián bàn shǎng morning / a.m. / first half of the day syn 半日工作 bàn rì gōng zuò part-time work in which one works each day for a half-day, typically a morning or an afternoon 叫醒服务 叫醒服務 jiào xǐng fú wù morning call / wake-up call (hotel service) 大清早 dà qīng zǎo early in the morning syn 孕吐 yùn tù morning sickness (during pregnancy) syn 害月子 hài yuè zi morning sickness (in pregnancy) 早场 早場 zǎo chǎng morning show (at a theater or cinema) / matinee 早安 zǎo ān Good morning! syn 早车 早車 zǎo chē morning bus / early train 晨夕共处 晨夕共處 chén xī gòng chǔ to be together from morning until night (idiom) 晨歌 chén gē morning chorus (birdsong) 晨露 chén lù morning dew 朝雨 zhāo yǔ morning rain 朝露暮霭 朝露暮靄 zhāo lù mù ǎi morning dew, evening mist (idiom) / ephemeral / impermanent 