晨昏

chénhūn
noun

Meanings

  1. 1 morning and dusk; daybreak and twilight
  2. 2 day and night (literary)

Examples

Tā měi rì chénhūn dōu zài huāyuán lǐ sànbù.
Every day at dawn and dusk he walks in the garden.
Shàng yèbān de rén chángcháng chénhūn diāndǎo.
People who work night shifts often have their day-and-night reversed.

Tips

culture
晨昏 (chénhūn dìngxǐng) — 'tend to parents at dawn and dusk' — was a Confucian filial duty: a child should arrange a parent's bedding at night and check on them in the morning. The phrase 晨昏 carries that classical resonance even in modern use.
register
Literary tone. In casual speech, 早晚 (zǎowǎn) covers the same ground. 晨昏 shows up in poetry, idioms (晨昏颠倒), and reflective writing.

Stroke Order

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