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日复一日

rìfùyírì

day after day; over and over

Three identical suns over a person sweeping the same courtyard path
Memory picture

Characters in this word

日 rì

Strokes
4
Radical
日 — sun
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

复 fù

Strokes
9
Radical
夊 — to go slowly
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 复

一 yī

Strokes
1
Radical
一 — one
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 研究人员日复一日地记录潮汐变化,最终发现了异常规律。 Yánjiū rényuán rìfù yí rì de jìlù cháoxī biànhuà, zuìzhōng fāxiàn le yìcháng guīlǜ. The researchers recorded tidal changes day after day and eventually discovered an unusual pattern.
  • 他日复一日地练习钢琴,终于赢得了比赛。 Tā rìfùyīrì de liànxí gāngqín, zhōngyú yíngdé le bǐsài. He practised piano day after day and finally won the competition.
  • 日复一日的训练很枯燥,但她的成绩慢慢提高了。 Rìfùyīrì de xùnliàn hěn kūzào, dàn tā de chéngjì mànmàn tígāo le. Training day after day is boring, but her results slowly improved.

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