凌晨
líng chén
Pinyin

Definition

凌晨
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líng chén
  1. very early in the morning
  2. in the wee hours

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

凌晨
líng chén
  1. 1 very early in the morning
  2. 2 in the wee hours
凌辱
líng rǔ
  1. 1 to insult
  2. 2 to humiliate
  3. 3 to bully
早晨
zǎo chén
  1. 1 early morning
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
冰激凌
bīng jī líng
  1. 1 ice cream
凌乱
líng luàn
  1. 1 messy
  2. 2 disarrayed
  3. 3 disheveled
  4. 4 chaos

Idioms (8)

一日之计在于晨
yī rì zhī jì zài yú chén
  1. 1 make your day's plan early in the morning (idiom)
  2. 2 early morning is the golden time of the day
以强凌弱
yǐ qiáng líng ruò
  1. 1 to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)
凌乱不堪
líng luàn bù kān
  1. 1 in a terrible mess (idiom)
寥若晨星
liáo ruò chén xīng
  1. 1 rare as morning stars (idiom)
  2. 2 few and far between
  3. 3 sparse
晨钟暮鼓
chén zhōng mù gǔ
  1. 1 lit. morning bell, evening drum, symbolizing monastic practice (idiom); fig. encouragement to study or progress

Sample Sentences

下一班车是凌晨三点，时间很尴尬。
xià yī bān chē shì língchén sān diǎn ，shíjiān hěn gāngà 。
The next train is at 3am, the time is a bit awkward.
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我下午看到新闻，凌晨十二点后油价要涨，我要去把油加满！到了，顺路嘛，不耽误你多少时间的，等我一下。
wǒ xiàwǔ kàndào xīnwén ，língchén shí èr diǎn hòu yóujià yào zhǎng ，wǒ yào qù bǎ yóu jiā mǎn ！dào le ，shùnlù ma ，bù to interfere with nǐ duōshao shíjiān de ，děng wǒ yīxià 。
I saw the news this afternoon, the price of gas is set to rise after 12, I want to get a full tank! We're here, it's on the way, I won't take up too much of your time, wait for me a second.
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古巴、巴西以及我国的雷达最新监控显示，法国的核潜艇于昨日凌晨突然在其活动海域消失。我们分析法国是想掠夺南美，特别是委内瑞拉的石油资源。我国已经进入一级战备状态，请求各盟国军事支援。
Gǔbā 、Bāxī yǐjí wǒguó de léidá zuìxīn jiānkòng xiǎnshì ，Fǎguó de hé qiántǐng yú zuórì língchén tūrán zài qí huódònghǎiyù xiāoshī 。wǒmen fēnxī Fǎguó shì xiǎng lüèduó Nánměi ，tèbié shì Wěinèiruìlā de shíyóuzīyuán 。wǒguó yǐjīng jìnrù yījí zhànbèi zhuàngtài ，qǐngqiú gè méngguó jūnshì zhīyuán 。
Our latest radar reports, plus reports from Cuba and Brazil, indicate that a French nuclear submarine suddenly disappeared from its area of activity in the early morning yesterday. Our analysis indicates that France wants to seize South America, especially Venezuela's oil resources. We're already on Level I alert, and we've requested military support from all our allies.
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