星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night syn 通宵 tōng xiāo all night / throughout the night syn 整夜 zhěng yè the whole night / all through the night syn 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn 一宿 yī xiǔ one whole night / all night 毕竟 畢竟 bì jìng after all / all in all / when all is said and done / in the final analysis syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 从早到晚 從早到晚 cóng zǎo dào wǎn from morning till night / from dawn to dusk / all day long syn 车到山前必有路，船到桥头自然直 車到山前必有路，船到橋頭自然直 chē dào shān qián bì yǒu lù , chuán dào qiáo tóu zì rán zhí (idiom) everything will turn out all right / let's worry about it when it happens / it will be all right on the night 刷夜 shuā yè to stay up all night / to pull an all-nighter 长期 長期 cháng qī long term / long time / long range (of a forecast) syn 长久 長久 cháng jiǔ long-time / long-term / lasting / enduring / permanent / for a long time syn 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long / all the time syn 终天 終天 zhōng tiān all day long / all one's life syn 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 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row 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 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 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 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 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 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) 夤夜 yín yè (literary) late at night / in the dead of night 各方 gè fāng all parties (in a dispute etc) / all sides / all directions syn 万事如意 萬事如意 wàn shì rú yì to have all one's wishes (idiom) / best wishes / all the best / may all your hopes be fulfilled syn 群芳 qún fāng all flowers / all beauties / all talents syn 总体上说 總體上說 zǒng tǐ shàng shuō looking at the big picture / all in all / all things considered 头发胡子一把抓 頭髮鬍子一把抓 tóu fa hú zi yī bǎ zhuā lit. hair and beard all in one stroke / fig. to handle different things by the same method / one method to solve all problems / one size fits all 三光政策 sān guāng zhèng cè Three Alls Policy (kill all, burn all, loot all), Japanese policy in China during WWII 包容各方的全面协定 Comprehensive and All-Inclusive Agreement on the Transition in the Democratic Republic of the Congo / All-Inclusive Agreement / Global and All-Inclusive Agreement 披星戴月 pī xīng dài yuè to travel or work through night and day / to toil away for long hours syn 肝 gān liver (CL:葉|叶[ye4]) / (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing (a video game) / (of a video game) involving a lot of repetition in order to progress / grindy syn 长夜漫漫 長夜漫漫 cháng yè màn màn endless night (idiom) / fig. long suffering 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 春江花月夜 chūn jiāng huā yuè yè River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[Zhang1 Ruo4 xu1] 漫漫长夜 漫漫長夜 màn màn cháng yè endless night (idiom) / fig. long suffering 氪肝 kè gān (slang) to put in long hours, typically late into the night, playing a video game (rather than pay for power-ups) 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night 朝夕 zhāo xī morning and night / all the time syn 守岁 守歲 shǒu suì to see in the New Year / to stay up all night on lunar New Year's Eve 更深人静 更深人靜 gēng shēn rén jìng deep at night and all is quiet (idiom) 夙夜 sù yè morning and night / always / at all times 夜不归宿 夜不歸宿 yè bù guī sù to stay out all night (idiom) 彻夜不眠 徹夜不眠 chè yè bù mián to be sleepless all night 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 通夜 tōng yè all through the night / overnight syn 早已 zǎo yǐ for a long time / long since / (dialect) in the past syn 远程 遠程 yuǎn chéng remote / long distance / long range syn 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after) / before too long / soon / soon after syn 多久 duō jiǔ (of time) how long? / (not) a long time 长远 長遠 cháng yuǎn long-term / long-range syn 前不久 qián bù jiǔ not long ago / not long before syn 多头 多頭 duō tóu many-headed / many-layered (authority) / devolved (as opposed to centralized) / pluralistic / (as classifier) number of animals / long term (finance) / long (investment) syn 久违 久違 jiǔ wéi (haven't done sth) for a long time / a long time since we last met syn 长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade / long hallway / Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing 北京頤和園|北京颐和园[Bei3 jing1 Yi2 he2 yuan2] 远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance / long-term prospects / (photography) long shot 长袖 長袖 cháng xiù long sleeves / long-sleeved shirt 长毛 長毛 cháng máo long-wool (sheep etc) / long-haired (dog etc) 长龙 長龍 cháng lóng long queue / long line (of cars, people etc) 任重道远 任重道遠 rèn zhòng dào yuǎn a heavy load and a long road / fig. to bear heavy responsibilities through a long struggle (cf Confucian Analects, 8.7) syn 万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom) / the trials and tribulations of a long journey / a long and difficult road syn 久已 jiǔ yǐ long ago / a long time since syn 远虑 遠慮 yuǎn lǜ long-term considerations / to take the long view 夙 sù morning / early / long-held / long-cherished syn 寿比南山 壽比南山 shòu bǐ nán shān Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live! syn 放长线钓大鱼 放長線釣大魚 fàng cháng xiàn diào dà yú use a long line to catch a big fish (idiom) / a long-term plan for major returns 宿见 宿見 sù jiàn long-held opinion / long-cherished view 异地恋 異地戀 yì dì liàn long-distance romance / long-distance relationship 蟏蛸 蠨蛸 xiāo shāo long-jawed orb weaver, aka long-jawed spider (family Tetragnathidae) 远劳 遠勞 yuǎn láo (courteous expression) you have made a long and exhausting journey / you will be making a long trip (when asking a favor that involves going to a faraway place) 长久以来 長久以來 cháng jiǔ yǐ lái for a long time now / long since 远途 遠途 yuǎn tú long-distance / long-haul 长臂吊车 long-reach crane / long-reach boom 长期任职的工作人员 long-service staff / long-serving staff 国家远景研究 guó jiā yuàn jǐng yán jiū National Long-term Perspective Studies programme / National Long-term Perspective Studies 水下远程导弹系统 水下遠程導彈系統 undersea long-range missile system / underwater long-range missile system 分久必合，合久必分 fēn jiǔ bì hé , hé jiǔ bì fēn lit. that which is long divided must unify, and that which is long unified must divide (idiom, from 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4]) / fig. things are constantly changing 豅 lóng long and wide valley 兔子尾巴长不了 兔子尾巴長不了 tù zi wěi ba cháng bu liǎo rabbits don't have long tails (idiom) / its days are numbered / won't last long syn 整天 zhěng tiān all day long / whole day syn 全年 quán nián the whole year / all year long 终日 終日 zhōng rì all day long syn 一天到晚 yī tiān dào wǎn all day long / the whole day syn 整日 zhěng rì all day long / the whole day syn 