你為什麼不請一天假？

Why don't you take the day off?

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

=1 你 nǐ you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您 nín)
=1 你 nǐ you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
2 為什麼 wèishénme
  1. why?
  2. for what reason?
3 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
=4 請 qǐng
  1. to ask
  2. to invite
  3. please (do sth)
  4. to treat (to a meal etc)
  5. to request
=4 請 qīng only used in 請室／请室 (qīngshì)
5 一天 yītiān
  1. (colloquial) the whole day
  2. one day (twenty-four hours)
  3. someday; one day
  4. the entire daytime of one day
  5. the whole day
=6 假 gēi used in 假掰 gēibāi
=6 假 jiǎ
  1. fake
  2. false
  3. artificial
  4. to borrow
  5. if
  6. suppose
=6 假 jià vacation
=6 假 jiǎ
  1. variant of 假 jiǎ
  2. to borrow