星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night syn 夜神仙 yè shén xiān night owl / late sleeper 挑灯夜战 挑燈夜戰 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom) / fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil syn 大夜 dà yè the second half of the night / early morning (cf. 小夜[xiao3ye4], evening) / (fig.) eternal rest / death / (Buddhism) the night before the cremation of a monk 夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night / at night / nighttime syn 傍晚 bàng wǎn in the evening / when night falls / towards evening / at night fall / at dusk syn 夜色 yè sè night scene / the dim light of night syn 通宵 tōng xiāo all night / throughout the night syn 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row syn 整夜 zhěng yè the whole night / all through the night syn 夜行 yè xíng night walk / night departure / nocturnal 当夜 當夜 dàng yè that very night / the same night syn 夜游 夜遊 yè yóu to go to some place at night / to take a night trip to (a place) / to sleepwalk 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night / very late at night syn 半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night / late at night syn 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn 通宵达旦 通宵達旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn overnight until daybreak (idiom) / all night long / day and night syn 夜阑人静 夜闌人靜 yè lán rén jìng the still of the night (idiom) / late at night syn 人定 rén dìng middle of the night / the dead of night 夜阑 夜闌 yè lán late at night / in the dead of night 宵征 xiāo zhēng night journey / punitive expedition by night 更鼓 gēng gǔ drum marking night watches / night watchman's clapper 没日没夜 沒日沒夜 méi rì méi yè day and night / regardless of the time of day or night syn 连宵 連宵 lián xiāo the same night / that very night / successive nights 夜视装置 yè shì zhuāng zhì night observation device / night vision device 夜视瞄准具 夜視瞄准具 yè shì miáo zhǔn jù night-viewing weapon sight / night-vision weapon sight 三更半夜 sān gēng - bàn yè (idiom) in the depth of the night / very late at night syn 小年夜 xiǎo nián yè (coll.) the night before lunisolar New Year's Eve / (Tw) the night before New Year's Eve (either lunisolar or Gregorian) / (old) Little New Year's Eve (the 23rd or 24th of the 12th lunisolar month, when people offer sacrifices to the kitchen god) 一宿 yī xiǔ one whole night / all night 夤夜 yín yè (literary) late at night / in the dead of night 猫头鹰 貓頭鷹 māo tóu yīng owl syn 枭 梟 xiāo owl / valiant / trafficker 鸱 鴟 chī scops owl syn 鸮 鴞 xiāo owl (order Strigiformes) 鴞 xiāo Ural owl 鵩 fú owl 鶹 liú large horned-owl 草鸮 草鴞 cǎo xiāo (bird species of China) eastern grass owl (Tyto longimembris) 角鸮 角鴞 jiǎo xiāo screech owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus) 鸣角鸮 鳴角鴞 míng jiǎo xiāo Screech-owl (genus Megascops, a.k.a. Otus) 雪鸮 雪鴞 xuě xiāo (bird species of China) snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) 长耳鸮 長耳鴞 cháng ěr xiāo (bird species of China) long-eared owl (Asio otus) 仓鸮 倉鴞 cāng xiāo (bird species of China) barn owl (Tyto alba) 雕鸮 雕鴞 diāo xiāo (bird species of China) Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) 灰林鸮 灰林鴞 huī lín xiāo (bird species of China) Himalayan owl (Strix nivicolum) 鬼鸮 鬼鴞 guǐ xiāo (bird species of China) boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) 鸮鹦鹉 鴞鸚鵡 xiāo yīng wǔ kakapo (Strigops habroptila) / owl parrot 斑点猫头鹰 spotted owl 雈 huán type of owl 夜枭 夜梟 yè xiāo owl 鸱鸮 鴟鴞 chī xiāo owl 四川林鸮 四川林鴞 sì chuān lín xiāo (bird species of China) Sichuan wood owl (Strix davidi) 林雕鸮 林鵰鴞 lín diāo xiāo (bird species of China) spot-bellied eagle-owl (Ketupa nipalensis) 栗鸮 栗鴞 lì xiāo (bird species of China) oriental bay owl (Phodilus badius) 毛脚渔鸮 毛腳漁鴞 máo jiǎo yú xiāo (bird species of China) Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo blakistoni) 乌林鸮 烏林鴞 wū lín xiāo (bird species of China) great grey owl (Strix nebulosa) 乌雕鸮 烏鵰鴞 wū diāo xiāo (bird species of China) dusky eagle-owl (Ketupa coromanda) 猛鸮 猛鴞 měng xiāo (bird species of China) northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula) 琉球角鸮 琉球角鴞 liú qiú jiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) Ryukyu scops owl (Otus elegans) 短耳鸮 短耳鴞 duǎn ěr xiāo (bird species of China) short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) 红角鸮 紅角鴞 hóng jiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) oriental scops owl (Otus sunia) 纵纹腹小鸮 縱紋腹小鴞 zòng wén fù xiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) little owl (Athene noctua) 纵纹角鸮 縱紋角鴞 zòng wén jiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) pallid scops owl (Otus brucei) 褐林鸮 褐林鴞 hè lín xiāo (bird species of China) brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) 褐渔鸮 褐漁鴞 hè yú xiāo (bird species of China) brown fish owl (Ketupa zeylonensis) 西红角鸮 西紅角鴞 xī hóng jiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) Eurasian scops owl (Otus scops) 西领角鸮 西領角鴞 xī lǐng jiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) collared scops owl (Otus lettia) 长尾林鸮 長尾林鴞 cháng wěi lín xiāo (bird species of China) Ural owl (Strix uralensis) 领角鸮 領角鴞 lǐng jiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) collared scops owl (Otus lettia) 鹰鸮 鷹鴞 yīng xiāo (bird species of China) brown boobook / brown hawk-owl (Ninox scutulata) 黄嘴角鸮 黃嘴角鴞 huáng zuǐ jiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) mountain scops owl (Otus spilocephalus) 黄腿渔鸮 黃腿漁鴞 huáng tuǐ yú xiāo (bird species of China) tawny fish owl (Ketupa flavipes) 北领角鸮 北領角鴞 běi lǐng jiǎo xiāo (bird species of China) Japanese scops owl (Otus semitorques) 东仓鸮 東倉鴞 dōng cāng xiāo (bird species of China) eastern barn owl (Tyto javanica) 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter 天壤之别 天壤之別 tiān rǎng zhī bié lit. the difference between heaven and earth (idiom) / fig. night and day difference / a world of difference / a far cry (from) syn 俾夜作昼 俾夜作晝 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard 俾昼作夜 俾晝作夜 bǐ zhòu zuò yè to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs) / fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour 夜不闭户 夜不閉戶 yè bù bì hù lit. doors not locked at night (idiom) / fig. stable society syn 清风明月 清風明月 qīng fēng míng yuè lit. cool breeze and bright moon (idiom) / fig. peaceful and clear night / (allusively) living a solitary and quiet life syn 长夜漫漫 長夜漫漫 cháng yè màn màn endless night (idiom) / fig. long suffering 不醉不归 不醉不歸 bù zuì bù guī lit. to not go home until drunk (idiom) / fig. let's make a night of it! 宿草 sù cǎo grass that has grown on a grave since last year / (fig.) grave / to have died long ago / fodder provided to animals for the night 漫漫长夜 漫漫長夜 màn màn cháng yè endless night (idiom) / fig. long suffering 车到山前必有路 車到山前必有路 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom) / fig. everything will turn out for the best / let's worry about it when it happens / it will be all right on the night 一夕数惊 一夕數驚 yī xī shù jīng lit. one scare after another in a single night (idiom) / fig. to live in fear 开花 開花 kāi huā to bloom / to blossom / to flower / (fig.) to burst / to split open / (fig.) to burst with joy / (fig.) to spring up everywhere / to flourish syn 热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot / (fig.) bustling / hectic / (fig.) excited / stirred up / (fig.) created only a short time before / freshly minted / hot off the press / (coll.) also pr. [re4 teng1 teng1] syn 鬼扯脚 鬼扯腳 guǐ chě jiǎo lit. ghost pulls your leg / involuntary tug of muscles / fig. very unlucky / fig. argumentative / fig. can't help doing it 外溢 wài yì (of liquid) to spill out / to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over / to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain / to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show / to be revealed 晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening syn 夜晚 yè wǎn night / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 深夜 shēn yè very late at night syn 黑夜 hēi yè night 夜间 夜間 yè jiān nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes) syn 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn 