四更
sì gēng
Pinyin
Definition
四更
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- fourth of the five night watch periods 01:00-03:00 (old)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 four
- 2 4
- 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 in the depth of the night
- 2 very late at night
- 1 fourteen
- 2 14
Idioms (20)
传播四方
- 1 to disseminate in every direction (idiom)
危机四伏
- 1 danger lurks on every side (idiom)
名扬四海
- 1 to become known far and wide (idiom)
- 2 famous
四世同堂
- 1 four generations under one roof (idiom)
四仰八叉
- 1 sprawled out on one's back (idiom)