昼短夜长 in English zhou4 duan3 ye4 chang2 Meaning

Meanings

  • the winter days are short and the nights long (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

昼 短 夜 长

Traditional Characters

晝 短 夜 長

Pinyin

zhou4 duan3 ye4 chang2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

昼zhou4daytime 短duan3short 夜ye4variant of 夜[ye4] 长zhang3length