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日復一日

简日复一日 · 繁日復一日

Mandarin · pinyin rì fù yī rì

day after day

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
复: fù · return; repeat; repeatedly

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4–4–1–4 · ri4 fu4 yi1 ri4

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(idiomatic) day in, day out; day after day

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