俾
bǐ
Pinyin
Definition
俾
-
- to cause
- to enable
- phonetic bi
- Taiwan pr. [bì]
Character Decomposition
Idioms (2)
俾夜作昼
- 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
- 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
- 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour