通宵达旦

tōng xiāo dá dàn

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Definitions

1. overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
2. day and night

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Child Words of 通宵达旦

classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)

all night

night

(literary) dawn; daybreak

to attain