星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night syn 一路 yī lù the whole journey / all the way / going the same way / going in the same direction / of the same kind syn 自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms / sb from the same place (same house, same town etc) / one of us 一鼻孔出气 一鼻孔出氣 yī bí kǒng chū qì lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom) / fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.) / to sing from the same hymn sheet 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 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 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 一样 一樣 yī yàng same / like / equal to / the same as / just like syn 一套 yī tào suit / a set / a collection / of the same kind / the same old stuff / set pattern of behavior 同行 tóng háng person of the same profession / of the same trade, occupation or industry syn 照样 照樣 zhào yàng as before / (same) as usual / in the same manner / still / nevertheless syn 同班 tóng bān to be in the same class / to be in the same squad / classmate syn 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 一个样 一個樣 yī ge yàng the same / of the same type 视同 視同 shì tóng to regard the same as / to regard as being the same as 单方 單方 dān fāng unilateral / one-sided / home remedy / folk prescription(same as 丹方) / single-drug prescription (same as 奇方[ji1 fang1], one of the seven kinds of prescriptions of Chinese medicine 七方[qi1 fang1]) / metaphorically. a good solution syn 同房 tóng fáng (of a married couple) to have intercourse / (literary) to share the same room / of the same family branch syn 双管齐下 雙管齊下 shuāng guǎn qí xià lit. to paint holding two brushes (idiom) / fig. to work on two tasks at the same time / to attack one problem from two angles at the same time syn 同党 同黨 tóng dǎng to belong to the same party or organization / member of the same party or organization / (derog.) confederate / accomplice syn 不可同日而语 不可同日而語 bù kě tóng rì ér yǔ lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable syn 本家 běn jiā a member of the same clan / a distant relative with the same family name syn 同辈 同輩 tóng bèi of the same generation / person of the same generation / peer syn 殊途同归 殊途同歸 shū tú tóng guī different routes to the same destination (idiom) / fig. different means of achieve the same end syn 两下子 兩下子 liǎng xià zi a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade syn 休戚相关 休戚相關 xiū qī xiāng guān to share the same interests (idiom) / to be closely related / to be in the same boat syn 蕳 jiān orchid (same as 蘭草|兰草) / Eupatorium (same as 蕑) 三马同槽 三馬同槽 sān mǎ tóng cáo three horses at the same trough (idiom, alluding to Sima Yi 司馬懿|司马懿[Si1 ma3 Yi4] and his two sons) / conspirators under the same roof 同日而语 同日而語 tóng rì ér yǔ lit. to speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / to mention things on equal terms (often with negatives: you can't mention X at the same time as Y) syn 吴越同舟 吳越同舟 wú yuè tóng zhōu Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom) / fig. cooperation between natural rivals / to collaborate towards a common end / in the same boat together 未可同日而语 未可同日而語 wèi kě tóng rì ér yǔ lit. mustn't speak of two things on the same day (idiom) / not to be mentioned in the same breath / incomparable 旧调重弹 舊調重彈 jiù diào chóng tán replaying the same old tunes (idiom) / conservative, unoriginal and discredited / to keep harping on about the same old stuff syn 不一致字 bù yī zhì zì (orthography) inconsistent words (e.g. "through", "bough" and "rough", where "-ough" is not pronounced the same in each case) / inconsistent characters (e.g. 流[liu2], 梳[shu1] and 毓[yu4], which are pronounced differently from each other even though they all have the same notional phonetic component) 炒冷饭 炒冷飯 chǎo lěng fàn to stir-fry leftover rice / fig. to rehash the same story / to serve up the same old product syn 蹈常袭故 蹈常襲故 dǎo cháng xí gù follow the same old path (idiom) / stuck in a rut / always the same routine syn 重弹 重彈 chóng tán to replay string instrument / fig. to harp on the same string / to raise the same old topic again 重样 重樣 chóng yàng same / similar / same type 五百年前是一家 wǔ bǎi nián qián shì yī jiā five hundred years ago we were the same family (idiom) (said of persons with the same surname) 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 