卜昼卜夜

卜晝卜夜
bǔzhòubǔyè
day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)

CEDICT

占卜白天和夜晚饮酒的吉凶。语本《左传．庄公二十三年》：「饮桓公酒，乐。公曰：『以火继之。』辞曰：『臣卜其昼，未卜其夜，不敢。』」后用以形容宴乐无度，夜以继日。也作「卜夜卜昼」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 卜 bǔ (bound form) to divine
2 昼 zhòu daytime
3 卜 bǔ (bound form) to divine
=4 夜 yè variant of 夜 yè
=4 夜 yè night

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不分昼夜 bùfēnzhòuyè
  1. day and night
  2. round-the-clock
你这样不分昼夜地工作，将会伤害自己的健康。

If you work day and night, you will lose your health.

Source: Tatoeba

日夜 rìyè
  1. day and night
  2. around the clock
她日夜想著這個。

She wants to do this day and night.

Source: Tatoeba

昼夜 zhòuyè
  1. day and night
  2. period of 24 hours
  3. continuously, without stop
这段时间昼夜温差很大。

There is a large temperature difference between day and night during this period of time.

Source: Tatoeba

没日没夜 méirìméiyè
  1. day and night
  2. regardless of the time of day or night
晨昏 chénhūn
  1. morning and twilight
  2. day and night
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