shàng
sān
gān

idiom
common

Meaning of 日上三竿

日上三竿 means the sun is three bamboo poles high; late morning; to sleep in. Pronounced rì shàng sān gān.

  • the sun is three bamboo poles high; late morning; to sleep in

Definitions & Examples

Dōu
shàng
sān
gān竿
le
 
hái
zài
chuáng
shàng
shuì
lǎn
jiào
 

The sun is already high in the sky, but he's still in bed sleeping in.

men
zuó
tiān
wán
de
tài
lèi
 
jīn
tiān
zhí
shuì
dào
shàng
sān
gān竿
cái
chuáng
 

They played too hard yesterday and slept until late morning today before getting up.

Suī
rán
shàng
sān
gān竿
 
shān
cūn
rán
lǒng
zhào
zhe
 

Although the sun was already high, the mountain village was still shrouded in mist.