夜游 (夜遊)
yè yóu
Pinyin

Definition

夜游 (夜遊)
 - 
yè yóu
  1. to go to some place at night
  2. to take a night trip to (a place)
  3. to sleepwalk

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夜
yè
  1. 1 variant: 夜 yè
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
夜店
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
夜间
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night

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
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
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
  1. 1 to stay out all night (idiom)

Sample Sentences

上个礼拜我到乡下的阿姨家住，跟两个表哥一起去夜游。
shàng ge lǐbài wǒ dào xiāngxià de āyí jiā zhù ，gēn liǎng ge biǎogē yìqǐ qù yèyóu 。
Last week I went to stay with my auntie who lives in the countryside. I went exploring at night with two of my cousins.
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危险？不会呀，夜游很有意思！
wēixiǎn ？búhuì ya ，yèyóu hěn yǒuyìsi ！
Dangerous? Not at all. These night time trips are really fun!
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你夜游过吗？
nǐ yèyóu guò ma ？
Have you ever gone out into the wilderness at night?
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