夜猫子 (夜貓子)
yè māo zi
Pinyin

Definition

夜猫子 (夜貓子)
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yè māo zi
  1. owl
  2. (fig.) night owl

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夜
yè
  1. 1 variant: 夜 yè
儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
半夜
bàn yè
  1. 1 midnight
  2. 2 in the middle of the night
夜店
yè diàn
  1. 1 nightclub
夜晚
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person

Sample Sentences

啊？五点？吓死宝宝了，我的瞌睡都吓醒了。我可起不来，我天生就是夜猫子型人格呀，你们这些晨型人就尽知道刺激我们。
ā ？wǔ diǎn ？xiàsǐ bǎobao le ，wǒ de kēshuì dōu xià xǐng le 。wǒ kě qǐbùlái ，wǒ tiānshēng jiùshì yèmāozi xíng réngé ya ，nǐmen zhèxiē chénxíng rén jiù jìn zhīdào cìjī wǒmen 。
What? Five? You've scared the living daylight out of me. You've scared the sleepiness away. Waking up that early, that is something I cannot do. I'm was born a night owl. You early morning types, all you know is how to show us up.
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怎么你这个贪玩的夜猫子也变得瞻前顾后了！
zěnme nǐ zhège tānwán de yèmāozi yě biànde zhānqiángùhòu le ！
Even a playful night owl like you have become so careful!
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只有你是夜猫子啊。
zhǐyǒu nǐ shì yèmāozi ā 。
You're the only night owl?
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你这个夜猫子，又玩通宵。去酒吧泡妞了吧？
nǐ zhège yèmāozi ，yòu wán tōngxiāo 。qù jiǔbā pàoniū le ba ？
You are quite the night owl, partying through the night. Did you go to the bars cruising for girls?
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夜猫子
yèmāozi
someone who likes to stay up late, night owl (lit. night cat)
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但是不影响我做一个夜猫子。
dànshì bù yǐngxiǎng wǒ zuò yī ge yèmāozi 。
But that doesn’t influence me to be a night owl.
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Jenny是夜猫子。
Jenny shì yèmāozi 。
Jenny is a night owl.
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是一个夜猫子。
shì yī ge yèmāozi 。
A night owl.
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