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Chinese dictionary
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n.fmldawn; daybreak; morning
他通宵达旦。
He gets throughout the whole night until the dawn.
我们坐以待旦。
We sit and wait up until dawn.
医生告诉我那位老人命在旦夕了。
The doctor told me that the old man might go off any time.
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n.fmlday
元旦
New Year's Day
一旦
a day
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n.the female character type in Beijing opera, etc.
唱老旦
play the role of a laodan in an opera
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n.abbrdenier (a unit of fineness for fibres); abbreviation for 旦尼尔
Words and phrases with 旦
- 旦尼尔[word]denier
- 旦角[word]referring in particular to such Peking Opera roles as qingyi and huadan
- 旦暮[word]morning and evening; brief span of time
- 旦夕[word]morning or evening
- 旦夕祸福[word]unexpected good or bad fortune
- 旦旦[word]every day
- 旦角儿[word]female character types in Chinese operas
- 旦旦而伐[idiom]chop one's vitality day by day
- 旦夕之间[idiom]between morning and evening