夜市
yè shì
Pinyin

Definition

夜市
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yè shì
  1. night market

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

  1. 1 variant: 夜 yè
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
chéng shì
  1. 1 city
  2. 2 town
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
  1. 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
  1. 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
偶语弃市
ǒu yǔ qì shì
  1. 1 chance remarks can lead to public execution (idiom)
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
  1. 1 to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi
  1. 1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
  2. 2 to study diligently
  3. 3 to burn the candle at both ends

Sample Sentences

百货公司跟夜市比起来,百货公司贵多了!
bǎihuò gōngsī gēn yèshì bǐqǐlai ,bǎihuò gōngsī guì duō le !
If you compare department stores to night markets, the departments stores are way more expensive.
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夜市的东西没有百货公司的东西贵。
yèshì de dōngxi méiyǒu bǎihuò gōngsī de dōngxi guì 。
Stuff from the night market isn't as expensive as stuff from the department store.
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百货公司的东西比夜市的东西贵。
bǎihuò gōngsī de dōngxi bǐ yèshì de dōngxi guì 。
Stuff from the department store is more expense than stuff from the night market.
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夜市的东西比百货公司的东西便宜。
yèshì de dōngxi bǐ bǎihuò gōngsī de dōngxi piányi 。
Stuff from the night market is cheaper than stuff from the department store.
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这整条街都是夜市。
zhè zhěng tiáo jiē dōu shì yèshì 。
This whole street is a nightmarket.
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晚上还可以去逛夜市,夜市很大,够我们逛的。
wǎnshang hái kěyǐ qù guàng yèshì ,yèshì hěndà ,gòu wǒmen guàng de 。
We can also go to the the night markert tonight, it's a big night market, there is definitely plenty of shopping opportunities for us.
哇,台湾的夜市果然名不虚传。那边排队排得那么长,肯定有好吃的,我们去看看。
wā ,Táiwān de yèshì guǒrán míngbùxūchuán 。nàbiān páiduì pái de nàme cháng ,kěndìng yǒu hǎochī de ,wǒmen qù kànkan 。
Wow, Taiwanese night markets really do live up to their reputation. That line is so long, it's got to be for something good to eat. Let's go check it out.
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台湾夜市!我来了!
Táiwān yèshì !wǒ lái le !
Taiwan night markets, here I come!
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听说台北的夜市也很好。
tīngshuō Táiběi de yèshì yě hěn hǎo 。
I've heard the night markets are really good too.
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