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卜晝卜夜

简卜昼卜夜 · 繁卜晝卜夜

Mandarin · pinyin bǔ zhòu bǔ yè

day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)

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卜: bo · bǔ · fortune telling; prophesy
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夜: yè · night, dark; in night; by night
昼: zhòu · daytime, daylight

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3–4–3–4 · bu3 zhou4 bu3 ye4

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