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夜
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Definitions
- 1. night
Example Sentences
1 shown一 夜 不睡，十 夜 不醒。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 夜
day and night
nightfall
the still of the night (idiom)
witch
to stay overnight
night life
night attack
morning and night
that very night
lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
owl
(bird species of China) rufous night heron (Nycticorax caledonicus)
late at night
night terror
every night
night vision device
chamber pot
(literary) nightfall
to stay out all night (idiom)
midnight snack
midnight
endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
night patrol
night vision
day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)
first half of the night
to be unable to sleep at night
one-night stand
last night
Silent Night (Christmas carol)
see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ]
day and night
lunar New Year's Eve
midnight
luminous
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
in the dead of night (idiom)
first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
the whole night
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
night scene
night blindness
night
Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚[shā shì bǐ yà]
nightclub
bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜[hù guā])
during the night
evening school
the equinox
nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
early evening
somnambulism
to burn the midnight oil
to have a sleepless night
to be sleepless all night
lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
lit. many nights under a harsh moon
(bird species of China) grey nightjar (Caprimulgus jotaka)
(bird species of China) Egyptian nightjar (Caprimulgus aegyptius)
(bird species of China) great eared nightjar (Eurostopodus macrotis)
a horse cannot get fat without an extra ration, a man cannot get rich without an extra income (idiom)
on that night
endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
nocturnal
serenade
moonlit night
lit. the black sky of midnight
white night
curfew
nocturnal bird
nightingale
to go to some place at night
Halloween
that very night
wedding night
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚[zhāng ruò xū]
tonight
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
Inuyasha, fictional character
to stay up through the night (idiom)
midnight
nocturnal
all night long
curtain of night
(bird species of China) Vaurie's nightjar (Caprimulgus centralasicus)
(bird species of China) blue-bearded bee-eater (Nyctyornis athertoni)
night sky
(bird species of China) savanna nightjar (Caprimulgus affinis)
nighttime snack
night shift
(bird species of China) European nightjar (Caprimulgus europaeus)
the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)
all through the night
the middle of the night
night owl
New Year's Eve family dinner
gathering dusk
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
evening show (at theater etc)
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)
to work from morning to night (idiom)
nightfall
nightscape
long dark night
nightly
very late at night
overnight
night school
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
nighttime
tuberose (Agave amica)
day and night
darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
in the depth of night
in the depth of the night; very late at night
(lit. and fig.) overnight
Lantern Festival
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
night
The Arabian Nights (classic story)
small barbarian kingdom in southern China during the Han dynasty
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
midnight snack
evening cocktail reception
midnight
late at night
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.
to become popular overnight
day and night
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
one night stand
nightclub
to spend the night
night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum)
on night duty
night walk
(bird species of China) large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus)
rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
night vision device
owl
to be on night duty
the whole night
in the dead of night (idiom)
to travel day and night
to buy an all-night package
(bird species of China) black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
a night march
to stay up late or all night
to be on all-night duty
circadian rhythm
nocturne (music)
the eve
evening college
night blindness
night market