宵禁
xiāo jìn
Pinyin
Definition
宵禁
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- night curfew
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 midnight snack
- 2 late-night snack
- 1 all night
- 2 throughout the night
- 1 can't help (doing sth)
- 2 can't refrain from
- 1 Lantern Festival
- 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
- 3 see also: 元夜 yuán yè
- 4 sticky rice dumplings
- 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
Idioms (9)
令行禁止
- 1 lit. if he orders you go, he forbids you stop (idiom); fig. to demand exact compliance with instructions
- 2 to ensure strictly obedience
喜不自禁
- 1 unable to contain one's joy (idiom)
宵衣旰食
- 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
- 2 diligently attending to official matters
屡禁不止
- 1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
屡禁不绝
- 1 to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)