隔夜
gé yè
Pinyin

Definition

隔夜
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gé yè
  1. overnight
  2. of the previous day

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夜
yè
  1. 1 variant: 夜 yè
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
夜店
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
夜间
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner

Idioms (20)

一日不见，如隔三秋
yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū
  1. 1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)
人心隔肚皮
rén xīn gé dù pí
  1. 1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (idiom)
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
  1. 1 to work from morning to night (idiom)

Sample Sentences

夫妻之间哪有不吵架的。床头吵架床尾和嘛，夫妻没有隔夜仇。
fūqī zhījiān nǎyǒu bù chǎojià de 。chuángtóu chǎojià chuángwěi hé ma ，fūqī méiyǒu géyè chóu 。
What couple doesn't fight? You fight getting into bed and make up before you fall asleep. By the morning you've already forgotten why you were angry.
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