daybook; chronological account; dry recital
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Meanings
2 senses · 6 examplesnoun
daybook; journal of daily transactions (uncategorized)
An accounting term contrasting with categorized ledgers (分类账). Records transactions chronologically without sorting by account type.
Kuài会
jì计
zhèng正
zài在
hé核
duì对
yín银
háng行
liú流
shuǐ水
zhàng账
。
The accountant is checking the bank daybook.
Zhè这
jiā家
gōng公
sī司
de的
liú流
shuǐ水
zhàng账
jì记
de得
hěn很
xiáng详
xì细
。
This company keeps a very detailed chronological record.
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Qǐng请
bǎ把
shàng上
gè个
yuè月
de的
liú流
shuǐ水
zhàng账
ná拿
gěi给
wǒ我
kàn看
kan看
。
Please bring me last month's daybook to review.
noun
dry recital of facts; mechanical chronological narrative without analysis
A metaphorical usage describing writing or speech that merely lists events in order without synthesis or insight, often implying tedium or lack of depth.
Zhè这
piān篇
wén文
zhāng章
zhǐ只
shì是
liú流
shuǐ水
zhàng账
shì式
de地
jì记
lù录
le了
měi每
tiān天
fā发
shēng生
de的
shì事
，
quē缺
fá乏
shēn深
dù度
fēn分
xī析
。
This article merely records daily events in a mechanical chronological fashion, lacking in-depth analysis.
Tā他
de的
bào报
gào告
xiě写
de得
xiàng像
liú流
shuǐ水
zhàng账
，
kū枯
zào燥
wú无
wèi味
。
His report reads like a dry recital of facts—boring and tasteless.
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Bú不
yào要
bǎ把
yóu游
jì记
xiě写
chéng成
liú流
shuǐ水
zhàng账
，
yào要
xiě写
chū出
zì自
jǐ己
de的
gǎn感
shòu受
。
Don't write your travelogue as a mechanical chronicle; write about your own feelings.