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"during the night" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night / at night / nighttime syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night 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
梦魔 夢魔 mèng mó night demon (malign spirit believed to plague people during sleep)
守更 shǒu gēng to keep watch during the night
更次 gēng cì one watch (i.e. two-hour period during night)
妇女夜间工作公约 婦女夜間工作公約 Convention concerning Employment of Women during the Night
刁斗 diāo dǒu soldier's copper saucepan, used for cooking food by day and for sounding the night watches during the hours of darkness (in ancient times)
道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟 道格拉斯·麥克阿瑟 DaogelasiMaikease General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
麦克阿瑟 麥克阿瑟 mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
道格拉斯・麦克阿瑟 道格拉斯・麥克阿瑟 dào gé lā sī · mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
道格拉斯·麦克阿瑟 道格拉斯·麥克阿瑟 dào gé lā sī · mài kè ā sè General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), US commander in Pacific during WW2, sacked in 1951 by President Truman for exceeding orders during the Korean war
保甲 bǎo jiǎ historical communal administrative and self-defence system created during the Song Dynasty and revived during the Republican Era, in which households are grouped in jia 甲[jia3] and jia are grouped in bao 保[bao3]
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
夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness 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
夜深人静 夜深人靜 yè shēn rén jìng in the dead of night (idiom) syn
初夜 chū yè early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter
昙花一现 曇花一現 tán huā yī xiàn lit. the night-blooming cactus shows once / flash in the pan (idiom) / short-lived syn
宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack / late-night snack
夜班 yè bān night shift syn
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
朝夕 zhāo xī morning and night / all the time syn
中班 zhōng bān middle shift / swing shift / early night shift / middle class in kindergarten (4-5 year olds)
露宿 lù sù to sleep outdoors / to spend the night in the open syn
迪厅 迪廳 dí tīng disco / night club / abbr. for 迪斯科廳|迪斯科厅
当夜 當夜 dāng yè on that night syn
采花 採花 cǎi huā to pick flowers / to enter houses at night in order to rape women
夜视 夜視 yè shì night vision
昙花 曇花 tán huā Dutchman's pipe cactus, aka Queen of the Night cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum) syn
五更 wǔ gēng fifth of the five night watch periods 03:00-05:00 (old)
投宿 tóu sù to lodge / to stay (for the night) syn
黑天 hēi tiān night / nightfall
朝思暮想 zhāo sī mù xiǎng to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) syn
夜袭 夜襲 yè xí night attack
夜来香 夜來香 yè lái xiāng tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木[ye4xiang1mu4])
深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè in the dead of night (idiom) syn
夜猫子 夜貓子 yè māo zi owl / (fig.) night owl syn
白夜 bái yè white night
好睡 hǎo shuì good night
二更 èr gēng second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
安歇 ān xiē to go to bed / to retire for the night syn
夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school
消夜 xiāo yè nighttime snack / late-night supper syn
夜以继日 夜以繼日 yè yǐ jì rì night and day (idiom) / continuous strenuous effort syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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