宵夜
xiāo yè
Pinyin

Definition

宵夜
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xiāo yè
  1. midnight snack
  2. late-night snack

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)
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner

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

我想你昨天吃的宵夜把肚子吃坏了。
wǒ xiǎng nǐ zuótiān chī de xiāoyè bǎ dùzi chī huài le 。
I think the mid-night snack you ate caused your stomach pain.
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昨天半夜我和朋友出去吃宵夜，我吃了一碗牛肉面，我们还点了一些小菜，喝了一些啤酒。
zuótiān bànyè wǒ hé péngyou chūqù chī xiāoyè ，wǒ chī le yī wǎn niúròumiàn ，wǒmen hái diǎn le yīxiē xiǎocài ，hē le yīxiē píjiǔ 。
Last night at midnight, I went out to eat a snack with friends, I ate a bowl of beef noodles. We also ordered some side dishes and drank some beer.
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哇，你说带我下馆子，就是这家酒店啊！号码都排到七十多号了，轮到我们该吃宵夜了吧！
wā ，nǐ shuō dài wǒ xià guǎnzi ，jiùshì zhè jiā jiǔdiàn a ！hàomǎ dōu páidào qīshí duō hào le ，lúndào wǒmen gāi chī xiāoyè le ba ！
Oh, you said you'd take me out for a bite to eat, and it's this place! Our number is over 70-- by the time they get to us, it'll be a midnight snack!
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