夜里 夜裡 yè li during the night / at night / nighttime syn 整夜 zhěng yè the whole night / all through the night syn 泥土 ní tǔ earth / soil / mud / clay syn 通宵 tōng xiāo all night / throughout the night syn 干燥 乾燥 gān zào (of weather, climate, soil etc) dry / arid / (of skin, mouth etc) dry / (fig.) dull / dry / boring / (of timber etc) to dry out / to season / to cure syn 土壤 tǔ rǎng soil 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 守夜 shǒu yè to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil syn 流失 liú shī (of soil etc) to wash away / to be eroded / (fig.) (of talented staff, followers of a religious faith, investment funds etc) to go elsewhere / to fail to be retained syn 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row syn 松软 鬆軟 sōng ruǎn flexible / not rigid / spongy / soft or runny (not set hard) / loose (soil) syn 半夜三更 bàn yè sān gēng in the depth of night / late at night syn 沙土 shā tǔ sandy soil 粪土 糞土 fèn tǔ dirty soil / dung and dirt / (fig.) worthless thing syn 乡土 鄉土 xiāng tǔ native soil / one's native land / one's hometown / local (to an area) syn 红土 紅土 hóng tǔ red soil / laterite syn 地力 dì lì fertility / productivity (of soil or land) syn 通宵达旦 通宵達旦 tōng xiāo dá dàn overnight until daybreak (idiom) / all night long / day and night syn 整地 zhěng dì to prepare the soil (agriculture) syn 土层 土層 tǔ céng layer of soil / ground level 黄土 黃土 huáng tǔ loess (yellow sandy soil typical of north China) 水汪汪 shuǐ wāng wāng watery / waterlogged (soil) / limpid / bright and intelligent (eyes) syn 水土 shuǐ tǔ water and soil / surface water / natural environment (extended meaning) / climate 灰土 huī tǔ dust / (soil taxonomy) spodosol syn 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil / to till fields syn 当夜 當夜 dàng yè that very night / the same night syn 盐碱地 鹽鹼地 yán jiǎn dì saline soil / (fig.) infertile woman syn 星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night syn 土方 tǔ fāng cubic meter of earth (unit of measurement) / excavated soil / earthwork (abbr. for 土方工程[tu3 fang1 gong1 cheng2]) / (TCM) folk remedy syn 冬笋 冬筍 dōng sǔn winter bamboo shoots (smaller and tenderer as a result of being dug out before they come out of the soil) syn 轮作 輪作 lún zuò rotation of crops (to preserve fertility of soil) syn 夜阑人静 夜闌人靜 yè lán rén jìng the still of the night (idiom) / late at night syn 土地 tǔ dì land / soil / territory / CL:片[pian4],塊|块[kuai4] syn 水土保持 shuǐ tǔ bǎo chí soil conservation syn 夜行 yè xíng night walk / night departure / nocturnal 夜游 夜遊 yè yóu to go to some place at night / to take a night trip to (a place) / to sleepwalk 干裂 乾裂 gān liè (of dry soil etc) to crack / (of skin) to chap syn 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè in the depth of the night / very late at night syn 追肥 zhuī féi top soil dressing / additional fertilizer 肥力 féi lì fertility (of soil) syn 松土 鬆土 sōng tǔ to plow (loosen the soil) 墒情 shāng qíng the state of moisture in the soil (and whether it can support a crop) 土力学 土力學 tǔ lì xué soil mechanics 趟 tāng to wade / to trample / to turn the soil syn 卤 鹵 lǔ alkaline soil / salt / brine / halogen (chemistry) / crass / stupid 壤 rǎng (bound form) soil / earth / (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1]) syn 土温 土溫 tǔ wēn temperature of the soil syn 壅 yōng to obstruct / to stop up / to heap soil around the roots of a plant 垡 fá to turn the soil / upturned soil / (used in place names) syn 表土 biǎo tǔ surface soil / topsoil 保墒 bǎo shāng preservation of soil moisture 肥田 féi tián fertile land / to fertilize the soil syn 锄地 鋤地 chú dì to hoe / to weed the soil 土壤学 土壤學 tǔ rǎng xué pedology (soil study) 冻土层 凍土層 dòng tǔ céng permafrost / tundra / layer of frozen soil 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 墒 shāng plowed earth / soil moisture / furrow 篑 簣 kuì basket for carrying soil 硗 磽 qiāo stony soil 砘 dùn (agriculture) to compact loose soil with a stone roller after sowing seeds / stone roller used for this purpose syn 埴 zhí soil with large clay content syn 更 gēng to change or replace / to experience / one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided / watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) syn 晚上 wǎn shang evening / night / CL:個|个[ge4] / in the evening syn 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening / last night syn 晚安 wǎn ān Good night! / Good evening! 夜晚 yè wǎn night / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 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 半夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night syn 过夜 過夜 guò yè to spend the night / overnight syn 睡衣 shuì yī night clothes / pajamas 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 晚间 晚間 wǎn jiān evening / night syn 夜班 yè bān night shift syn 留住 liú zhù to ask sb to stay / to keep sb for the night / to await (classical) syn 宵禁 xiāo jìn night curfew 熬夜 áo yè to stay up late or all night 前夜 qián yè the eve / the night before syn 日夜 rì yè day and night / around the clock syn 彻夜 徹夜 chè yè the whole night syn 昨夜 zuó yè last night syn 长夜 長夜 cháng yè long dark night / fig. long period of misery and oppression 夜幕 yè mù curtain of night / gathering darkness syn 夜以继日 夜以繼日 yè yǐ jì rì night and day (idiom) / continuous strenuous effort syn 夜空 yè kōng night sky 露宿 lù sù to sleep outdoors / to spend the night in the open syn 夜校 yè xiào evening school / night school 深邃 shēn suì deep (valley or night) / abstruse / hidden in depth syn 月夜 yuè yè moonlit night 夜生活 yè shēng huó night life 昼夜 晝夜 zhòu yè day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop syn 夜猫子 夜貓子 yè māo zi owl / (fig.) night owl 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 朝思暮想 zhāo sī mù xiǎng to yearn for sth day and night (idiom) syn 开夜车 開夜車 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night syn 歇息 xiē xi to have a rest / to stay for the night / to go to bed / to sleep syn 