二更
èr gēng
Pinyin
Definition
二更
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- second of the five night watch periods 21:00-23:00 (old)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 two
- 2 2
- 3 (Beijing dialect) stupid
- 1 to change or replace
- 2 to experience
- 3 one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided
- 4 watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 1 to replace the old with new
- 2 to renew
- 3 to renovate
- 4 to upgrade
- 5 to update
- 6 to regenerate
- 1 second
- 2 number two
- 3 next
- 4 secondary
- 1 to kill two birds with one stone (idiom)
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一干二净
- 1 thoroughly (idiom)
- 2 completely
- 3 one and all
- 4 very clean
一分为二
- 1 one divides into two
- 2 to be two-sided
- 3 there are two sides to everything
- 4 to see both sb's good points and shortcomings (idiom)
一哭二闹三上吊
- 1 to make a terrible scene (idiom)
- 2 to throw a tantrum
一回生二回熟
- 1 unfamiliar at first, but well accustomed soon enough (idiom)