星夜 xīng yè starlit night / by night / under the night sky / through the night 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 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 一生 yī shēng all one's life / throughout one's life syn 终生 終生 zhōng shēng throughout one's life / lifetime / lifelong syn 遍布 biàn bù to cover the whole (area) / to be found throughout syn 千古 qiān gǔ for all eternity / throughout all ages / eternity (used in an elegiac couplet, wreath etc dedicated to the dead) syn 历来 歷來 lì lái always / throughout (a period of time) / (of) all-time syn 一 yī one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit syn 全美 quán měi throughout the United States / the whole of America 一帆风顺 一帆風順 yī fān fēng shùn propitious wind throughout the journey (idiom) / plain sailing / to go smoothly / have a nice trip! syn 终年 終年 zhōng nián entire year / throughout the year / age at death syn 举世 舉世 jǔ shì throughout the world / world ranking (e.g. first) syn 亘古 亙古 gèn gǔ throughout time / from ancient times (up to the present) syn 遍历 遍歷 biàn lì to traverse / to travel throughout / (math.) ergodic 海内 海內 hǎi nèi the whole world / throughout the land / everything under the sun syn 路不拾遗 路不拾遺 lù bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn 籀 zhòu (literary) seal script used throughout the pre-Han period / to recite / to read (aloud) syn 千秋万代 千秋萬代 qiān qiū wàn dài throughout the ages syn 威震天下 wēi zhèn tiān xià to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom) 扬名四海 揚名四海 yáng míng sì hǎi known throughout the country (idiom) / world-famous 亘古通今 亙古通今 gèn gǔ tōng jīn from ancient times up to now / throughout history 蔓延全国 蔓延全國 màn yán quán guó to spread throughout the entire country 四季如春 sì jì rú chūn four seasons like spring / favorable climate throughout the year 普天下 pǔ tiān xià throughout the world 籀文 zhòu wén seal script used throughout the pre-Han period syn 籀书 籀書 zhòu shū seal script used throughout the pre-Han period 蜚声世界 蜚聲世界 fēi shēng shì jiè famous throughout the world 道不拾遗 道不拾遺 dào bù shí yí lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom) / fig. honesty prevails throughout society syn 中共中央组织部 中共中央組織部 zhōng gòng zhōng yāng zǔ zhī bù Organization Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, which oversees appointments of Party members to official positions throughout China / abbr. to 中組部|中组部[Zhong1zu3bu4] 全陪 quán péi tour escort (throughout the entire tour) 卒岁 卒歲 zú suì (literary) to get through the year / entire year / throughout the year 扫除天下 掃除天下 sǎo chú - tiān xià (idiom) to re-establish order throughout the empire 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 