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  1. 1. night

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不睡,十 不醒。
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Words Containing 夜

半夜
bàn yè

midnight

夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì

night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort

夜市
yè shì

night market

夜晚
yè wǎn

night

夜校
yè xiào

evening school

夜班
yè bān

night shift

夜总会
yè zǒng huì

nightclub

夜里
yè li

during the night

夜间
yè jiān

nighttime

年夜饭
nián yè fàn

New Year's Eve family dinner

彻夜
chè yè

the whole night

日夜
rì yè

day and night

昼夜
zhòu yè

day and night

深夜
shēn yè

very late at night

熬夜
áo yè

to stay up late or all night

连夜
lián yè

that very night

开夜车
kāi yè chē

to burn the midnight oil

黑夜
hēi yè

night

一千零一夜
yī qiān líng yī yè

The Book of One Thousand and One Nights

一夜情
yī yè qíng

one night stand

一夜无眠
yī yè wú mián

to have a sleepless night

一夜爆红
yī yè bào hóng

to become popular overnight

一夜露水
yī yè lù shui

one-night stand

一夜之间
yī yè zhī jiān

(lit. and fig.) overnight

三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè

in the depth of the night; very late at night

上半夜
shàng bàn yè

first half of the night

上夜
shàng yè

to be on night duty

不分昼夜
bù fēn zhòu yè

day and night

中亚夜鹰
zhōng yà yè yīng

(bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)

今夜
jīn yè

tonight

仲夏夜之梦
zhòng xià yè zhī mèng

Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[shā shì bǐ yà]

侵夜
qīn yè

(literary) nightfall

俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu

lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil

俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè

to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

值夜
zhí yè

on night duty

元夜
yuán yè

Lantern Festival

入夜
rù yè

nightfall

初夜
chū yè

early evening

前半夜
qián bàn yè

first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)

前夜
qián yè

the eve

包夜
bāo yè

to buy an all-night package

午夜
wǔ yè

midnight

半夜三更
bàn yè sān gēng

in the depth of night

卜昼卜夜
bǔ zhòu bǔ yè

day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)

埃及夜鹰
āi jí yè yīng

(bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)

夙夜
sù yè

morning and night

夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè

to work from morning to night (idiom)

夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi

to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard

夜不成眠
yè bù chéng mián

to be unable to sleep at night

夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù

to stay out all night (idiom)

夜不闭户
yè bù bì hù

lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society

夜来香
yè lái xiāng

tuberose (Agave amica)

夜光
yè guāng

luminous

夜半
yè bàn

midnight

夜叉
yè chā

yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)

夜场
yè chǎng

evening show (at theater etc)

夜壶
yè hú

chamber pot

夜夜
yè yè

every night

夜大学
yè dà xué

evening college

夜宵
yè xiāo

midnight snack

夜幕
yè mù

curtain of night

夜幕低垂
yè mù dī chuí

darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)

夜幕降临
yè mù jiàng lín

nightfall

夜店
yè diàn

nightclub

夜招待酒会
yè zhāo dài jiǔ huì

evening cocktail reception

夜景
yè jǐng

nightscape

夜曲
yè qǔ

nocturne (music)

夜枭
yè xiāo

owl

夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng

in the dead of night (idiom)

夜生活
yè shēng huó

night life

夜盲
yè máng

night blindness

夜盲症
yè máng zhèng

night blindness

夜神仙
yè shén xiān

night owl

夜空
yè kōng

night sky

夜色
yè sè

night scene

夜色苍茫
yè sè cāng máng

gathering dusk

夜行
yè xíng

night walk

夜行性
yè xíng xìng

nocturnal

夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú

to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)

夜行军
yè xíng jūn

a night march

夜袭
yè xí

night attack

夜视
yè shì

night vision

夜视仪
yè shì yí

night vision device

夜视镜
yè shì jìng

night vision device

夜猫子
yè māo zi

owl

夜游
yè yóu

to go to some place at night

夜游症
yè yóu zhèng

somnambulism

夜郎
yè láng

small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty

夜郎自大
yè láng zì dà

lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)

夜开花
yè kāi huā

bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hù guā])

夜间部
yè jiān bù

night school

夜阑
yè lán

late at night

夜阑人静
yè lán rén jìng

the still of the night (idiom)

夜阑珊
yè lán shān

late at night

夜香木
yè xiāng mù

night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum)

夜惊
yè jīng

night terror

夜鸟
yè niǎo

nocturnal bird

夜莺
yè yīng

nightingale

夜鹰
yè yīng

nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)

夜鹭
yè lù

(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)

大半夜
dà bàn yè

the middle of the night

天方夜谭
tiān fāng yè tán

The Arabian Nights (classic story)

子夜
zǐ yè

midnight

守夜
shǒu yè

to be on all-night duty

宵夜
xiāo yè

midnight snack

宿夜
sù yè

to stay overnight

小夜曲
xiǎo yè qǔ

serenade

屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ

when it rains, it pours (idiom)

巴山夜雨
bā shān yè yǔ

rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land

平安夜
píng ān yè

Silent Night (Christmas carol)

平生不做亏心事,半夜敲门心不惊
píng shēng bù zuò kuī xīn shì , bàn yè qiāo mén xīn bù jīng

He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.

年夜
nián yè

lunar New Year's Eve

彻夜不眠
chè yè bù mián

to be sleepless all night

成夜
chéng yè

all night long

挑灯夜战
tiǎo dēng yè zhàn

to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night

整夜
zhěng yè

the whole night

日夜兼程
rì yè jiān chéng

to travel day and night

春江花月夜
chūn jiāng huā yuè yè

River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[zhāng ruò xū]

昨夜
zuó yè

last night

昼伏夜出
zhòu fú yè chū

nocturnal

昼夜平分点
zhòu yè píng fēn diǎn

the equinox

昼夜节律
zhòu yè jié lǜ

circadian rhythm

昼短夜长
zhòu duǎn yè cháng

the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)

普通夜鹰
pǔ tōng yè yīng

(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)

月夜
yuè yè

moonlit night

林夜鹰
lín yè yīng

(bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)

查夜
chá yè

night patrol

棕夜鹭
zōng yè lù

(bird species of China) rufous night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)

欧夜鹰
ōu yè yīng

(bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)

母夜叉
mǔ yè chā

witch

每夜
měi yè

nightly

毛腿耳夜鹰
máo tuǐ ěr yè yīng

(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis)

没日没夜
méi rì méi yè

day and night

洞房花烛夜
dòng fáng huā zhú yè

wedding night

消夜
xiāo yè

nighttime snack

深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè

in the dead of night (idiom)

漫漫长夜
màn màn cháng yè

endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering

熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè

to stay up through the night (idiom)

犬夜叉
quǎn yè chà

Inuyasha, fictional character

当夜
dāng yè

on that night

当夜
dàng yè

that very night

白夜
bái yè

white night

破屋又遭连夜雨
pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ

see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ]

禁夜
jìn yè

curfew

万圣节前夜
wàn shèng jié qián yè

Halloween

蓝须夜蜂虎
lán xū yè fēng hǔ

(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)

通夜
tōng yè

all through the night

过夜
guò yè

to spend the night

长夜
cháng yè

long dark night

长夜漫漫
cháng yè màn màn

endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering

长夜难明
cháng yè nán míng

lit. many nights under a harsh moon

长尾夜鹰
cháng wěi yè yīng

(bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)

隔夜
gé yè

overnight

马无夜草不肥,人无外快不富
mǎ wú yè cǎo bù féi , rén wú wài kuài bù fù

a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)

黑天半夜
hēi tiān bàn yè

lit. the black sky of midnight