擇日

to fix a date (for an event) / to select an auspicious date

to select / to choose / to pick over / to pick out / to differentiate / to eliminate / also pr. [zhai2]

abbr. for 日本[Ri4 ben3], Japan

sun / day / date, day of the month

lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom) / fig. seize the occasion

to pick an auspicious day