铁幕 鐵幕 tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) 拉开序幕 拉開序幕 lā kāi xù mù (fig.) to raise the curtain / to lift the curtain / to be a curtain raiser for 星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night syn 闭幕 閉幕 bì mù the curtain falls / lower the curtain / to come to an end (of a meeting) 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 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 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) 一宿 yī xiǔ one whole night / all night 夤夜 yín yè (literary) late at night / in the dead of night 帷幕 wéi mù heavy curtain syn 落幕 luò mù the curtain drops / the end of the show syn 幕墙 幕牆 mù qiáng curtain wall (architecture) 谢幕 謝幕 xiè mù to take a curtain call / (fig.) to come to an end 帘子 簾子 lián zi curtain syn 幕布 mù bù (theater) curtain syn 撩开 撩開 liāo kai to push aside (clothing, curtain etc) to reveal something / to toss aside syn 帘幕 lián mù hanging screen / curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement) syn 浴帘 浴簾 yù lián shower curtain 垂帘听政 垂簾聽政 chuí lián tīng zhèng lit. to govern from behind the curtain / to rule in place of the emperor (idiom) 帷幔 wéi màn drapery / curtain syn 窗幔 chuāng màn curtain syn 划子 huá zi rowboat / small boat / oar / paddle / thin rod used to control a curtain etc syn 幕 幙 mù old variant of 幕[mu4] / curtain / screen syn 帐 帳 zhàng (bound form) curtain / tent / canopy / variant of 賬|账[zhang4] syn 帘 簾 lián hanging screen or curtain syn 幢 zhuàng classifier for buildings (Taiwan pr. [chuang2]) / (archaic) curtain hung over boat or carriage windows syn 幌 huǎng shop sign / (literary) window curtain 帷 wéi curtain / screen syn 幔 màn curtain syn 帏 幃 wéi curtain / women's apartment / tent 簾 lián curtain 帱 幬 chóu canopy / curtain syn 裯 chóu bed curtain / coverlet 幨 chān curtain in carriage / screen 幔子 màn zi curtain / veil 幰 xiǎn curtain at front of carriage 幙 mù curtain / screen 扑棱 撲稜 pū leng (of wings, curtain etc) to flap / to flutter 珠箔 zhū bó curtain of pearls / screen of beads 开场戏 開場戲 kāi chǎng xì curtain-raiser 帐幔 帳幔 zhàng màn curtain 幮 chú a kind of mosquito net / bed curtain 床帐 床帳 chuáng zhàng bed curtain / mosquito net 窗帷 chuāng wéi curtain syn 雨幕 yǔ mù curtain of rain / downpour syn 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 昨夜 zuó yè last night syn 夜空 yè kōng night sky 关门 關門 guān mén to close a door / to lock a door / (of a shop etc) to close (for the night, or permanently) syn 睡衣 shuì yī night clothes / pajamas syn 日夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock syn 更深 gēng shēn deep at night 深邃 shēn suì deep (valley or night) / abstruse / hidden in depth syn 晚间 晚間 wǎn jiān evening / night syn 昼夜 晝夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop syn 过夜 過夜 guò yè to spend the night / overnight syn 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 夜夜 yè yè every night 月夜 yuè yè moonlit night 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night 粪便 糞便 fèn biàn excrement / feces / night soil syn 夜生活 yè shēng huó night life 元宵 yuán xiāo Lantern Festival / night of the 15th of the first lunar month / see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] / sticky rice dumplings syn 彻夜 徹夜 chè yè the whole night syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 歇息 xiē xi to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep syn 夜市 yè shì night market 三更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] syn 前夜 qián yè the eve / the night before syn 