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有日子

/joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɻ̩⁵¹ d͡z̥ɹ̩¹/
for quite a few days; for days
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    The phrase combines elements of possession, the sun, and a child to denote the passage of time or having specific days.
    The phrase combines elements of possession, the sun, and a child to denote the passage of time or having specific days.

    Origin

    The phrase is formed by combining the characters 有, 日, and 子. The character 日 means sun, while 子 means child, offspring, or descendant.

    The character 有, meaning to have or to possess when a subject is present, contains several components. It has the phonetic component 又, meaning again or once more, along with the semantic components 肉, meaning meat or flesh, and 月, meaning moon.

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

    「有日子」是由三個漢字組成而成。其中「有」字表示「擁有；持有（當主體存在時）」，其字形包含表示意義的「肉」與「月」成分，並帶有表示聲音的「又」成分。

    其餘兩個字分別為「日」，意指「太陽」，以及「子」，意指「小孩；後代；子孫」。

    Confidence: high · written by gemma4:26b, checked statement-by-statement against the sources below.

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    • characterChinese有 “to have; to possess (when a subject is present)”
      • soundChinese又 “again; once more”
      • meaningChinese肉 “meat; flesh”
      • meaningChinese月 “moon (Classifier: 輪／轮 m)”
    • characterChinese日 “Sun”
    • characterChinese子 “child; offspring; descendant”
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    Meanings

    phrase
    1. for quite a few days; for days
    2. to have a fixed date

    Sources

    • etymagent (local gemma4:26b) — Generated
    • Written form — n/a
    • Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0