昼短夜长
Traditional form:
晝短夜長
Pinyin (reading):
zhòuduǎnyècháng
Definitions:
- the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
Characters:
- 昼 - daytime, daylight
- 短 - brief, short; deficient, lacking
- 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night
- 长 - long, lasting; to excel in
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