夜里 (夜裡)
yè li
Pinyin

Definition

夜里 (夜裡)
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yè li
  1. during the night
  2. at night
  3. nighttime

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

谢天谢地，昨天夜里终于找到他了。你不知道，我们全家发动，跑了大半个上海。结果还是在我家附近找到的。
xiètiānxièdì ，zuótiān yèlǐ zhōngyú zhǎodào tā le 。nǐ bù zhīdào ，wǒmen quánjiā fādòng ，pǎo le dàbàn ge Shànghǎi 。jiéguǒ háishi zài wǒ jiā fùjìn zhǎodào de 。
Thank heavens, we finally found him yesterday in the middle of the night. You have no idea- our entire family got mobilized, and we ran all over half of Shanghai. And in the end, he was found near our home.
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瓷枕的形状多种多样，夏夜里枕着瓷枕入睡，身心自然凉爽、畅快。
cízhěn de xíngzhuàng duōzhǒngduōyàng ，Xià yèli zhěn zhe cízhěn rùshuì ，shēnxīn zìrán liángshuǎng 、chàngkuài 。
Porcelain pillows come in different shapes and sizes. Sleeping on such pillows in the summer nights keep you feeling cool and comfortable.
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他嘱我路上小心，夜里警醒些，不要受凉。又嘱托茶房好好照应我。我心里暗笑他的迂；他们只认得钱，托他们直是白托！而且我这样大年纪的人，难道还不能料理自己么？唉，我现在想想，那时真是太聪明了！
tā zhǔ wǒ lùshang xiǎoxīn ，yèlǐ jǐngxǐng xiē ，bù yào shòuliáng 。yòu zhǔtuō cháfáng hǎohāo zhàoyīng wǒ 。wǒ xīnli àn xiào tā de yū ；tāmen zhī rènde qián ，tuō tāmen zhí shì bái tuō ！érqiě wǒ zhèyàng dà niánjì de rén ，nándào hái bùnéng liàolǐ zìjǐ ma ？ài ，wǒ xiànzài xiǎngxiang ，nàshí zhēn shì tài cōngming le ！
He told me to take care of myself on the way, to be alert at night, to not catch a cold. Yet again he told the waiter to look after me.I laughed at his silliness in my heart because those people cared only for money; and it was useless to ask a favor from them. Besides, is someone my age unable to look after myself? Now I think back, I really was smug and self assured.
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是夜里睡不好，孩子一哭，我们就得起来看看。
shì yèli shuìbuhǎo ，háizi yī kū ，wǒmen jiù děi qǐlai kànkan 。
I can't sleep well at night because as soon as the child cries, we have to go over and take a look.
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