三更
sān gēng
Pinyin

Definition

三更
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sān gēng
  1. third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old)
  2. midnight
  3. also pr. [sān jīn]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三
Sān
  1. 1 surname San
更
gēng
  1. 1 to change or replace
  2. 2 to experience
  3. 3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
  4. 4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
更新
gēng xīn
  1. 1 to replace the old with new
  2. 2 to renew
  3. 3 to renovate
  4. 4 to upgrade
  5. 5 to update
  6. 6 to regenerate
三亚
Sān yà
  1. 1 Sanya prefecture level city, Hainan
三十
sān shí
  1. 1 thirty
  2. 2 30

Idioms (20)

一倡三叹
yī chàng sān tàn
  1. 1 (of literature, music) deeply moving (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
yī kū èr nào sān shàng diào
  1. 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
  2. 2 to throw a tantrum
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一日三秋
yī rì sān qiū
  1. 1 a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
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)

Sample Sentences

当年精力可真充沛，三更半夜还精神抖擞，通宵一夜第二天还能直接去上课。
dāngnián jīnglì kě zhēn chōngpèi ，sāngēngbànyè huán jīngshéndǒusǒu ，tōngxiāo yìyè dìèrtiān hái néng zhíjiē qù shàngkè 。
At that time, energy levels were very high. In the middle of the night, I was still full of energy and I could go to class the next day.
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加油？明天加不行吗？非得三更半夜去加油。
jiāyóu ？míngtiān jiā bùxíng ma ？fēiděi sāngēngbànyè qù jiāyóu 。
Get gas? You can't get gas tomorrow? You have to get it in the middle of the night?
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哎，你相信半夜三更出去会碰见鬼吗？
āi ，nǐ xiāngxìn bànyèsāngēng chūqù huì pèngjiàn guǐ ma ？
Hey, do you believe that if you go out in the middle of the night you'll see ghosts?
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