slight acquaintance; superficial friendship
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
slight acquaintance; superficial friendship (literally 'one day's friendship')
formalOften used in the negative form 无一日之雅 to indicate no prior acquaintance whatsoever. This idiom carries a literary or formal register.
Wǒ我
yǔ与
tā他
wú无
yī一
rì日
zhī之
yǎ雅
，
wèi为
hé何
yào要
bāng帮
wǒ我
？
I have no acquaintance with him whatsoever, so why would he help me?
Suī虽
rán然
zhǐ只
shì是
yī一
rì日
zhī之
yǎ雅
，
dàn但
tā他
duì对
wǒ我
fēi非
cháng常
rè热
qíng情
。
Although ours was just a brief acquaintance, he was extremely warm toward me.
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Wǒ我
men们
bìng并
fēi非
yī一
rì日
zhī之
yǎ雅
，
ér而
shì是
xiāng相
shí识
duō多
nián年
de的
lǎo老
péng朋
you友
le了
。
We are not merely casual acquaintances, but old friends who have known each other for many years.