昨晚
zuó wǎn
Pinyin

Definition

昨晚
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zuó wǎn
  1. yesterday evening
  2. last night

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今晚
jīn wǎn
  1. 1 tonight
春晚
Chūn Wǎn
  1. 1 abbr. for 春節聯歡晚會|春节联欢晚会[Chūn jié Lián huān Wǎn huì]
昨天
zuó tiān
  1. 1 yesterday
晚上
wǎn shang
  1. 1 evening
  2. 2 night
  3. 3 classifier: 个 gè
  4. 4 in the evening
晚安
wǎn ān
  1. 1 Good night!
  2. 2 Good evening!

Idioms (8)

君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
大器晚成
dà qì wǎn chéng
  1. 1 lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly
  2. 2 in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state
  3. 3 Rome wasn't built in a day
早出晚归
zǎo chū wǎn guī
  1. 1 to leave early and return late (idiom)
为时不晚
wéi shí bù wǎn
  1. 1 it is not too late (idiom)
为时未晚
wéi shí wèi wǎn
  1. 1 it is not too late (idiom)

Sample Sentences

女孩儿又递给他两张票，说：不好意思，昨晚我不小心拿到错的票放进信封里了。那两张是我在上海的跳蚤市场淘到的古董，这两张才是这周六的门票，就这么巧，恰恰是一样的日期。
nǚháiēr yòu dì gěi tā liǎng zhāng piào ，shuō ：bùhǎoyìsi ，zuówǎn wǒ bù xiǎoxīn nádào cuò de piào fàngjìn xìnfēng lǐ le 。nà liǎng zhāng shì wǒ zài Shànghǎi de tiàozǎoshìchǎng táo dào de gǔdǒng ，zhè liǎng zhāng cái shì zhè zhōuliù de ménpiào ，jiù zhème qiǎo ，qiàqià shì yīyàng de rìqī 。
The girl gave him two tickets again, and she said, "Sorry, I put the wrong tickets into the envelope last night. Those are the antique I picked out at a flea market in Shanghai, and these two tickets are the ones for this Saturday. It's such a coincidence that they're the same date." She said.
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夏天的旅游计划你昨晚研究得怎么样了？我等不及要订机票订饭店了！
xiàtiān de lǚyóu jìhuà nǐ zuówǎn yánjiū de zěnmeyàng le ？wǒ děng bùjí yào dìng jīpiào dìng fàndiàn le ！
How did researching the summer travel plans go last night? I can't wait to book the plane tickets and the hotel!
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早早早！我昨晚熬夜追剧来着，没睡饱，早上一睁眼就觉得特累！对啊，你怎么那么精神抖擞的，感觉咱俩之间隔着时差啊！
zǎo zǎo zǎo ！wǒ zuówǎn áoyè zhuījù láizhe ，méi shuì bǎo ，zǎoshang yī zhēng yǎn jiù juéde tè lèi ！duìa ，nǐ zěnme nàme jīngshéndǒusǒu de ，gǎnjué zánliǎ zhījiān gé zhe shíchā ā ！
M-o-r-n-i-n-g, I was up all night catching up with that TV show. I've not slept enough. Once I opened my eyes this morning I felt exhausted. Hey, why are you so full of energy? It's as if there's time difference between us!
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不是……你不知道。这里面肯定有鬼，我昨晚还在他的西装上看到一根白头发，那个狐狸精都有白头发了，还敢跟我抢男人！
bùshì ……nǐ bù zhīdào 。zhè lǐmiàn kěndìng yǒuguǐ ，wǒ zuówǎn háizài tā de xīzhuāng shàng kàndào yī gēn bái tóufa ，nàge húlíjīng dōu yǒu bái tóufa le ，hái gǎn gēn wǒ qiǎng nánrén ！
No...you wouldn't know. Something is definitely up. Last night I found a grey hair on his suit. That witch has grey hair and she still wants to steal my man!
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我昨天喝了一壶茶，所以昨晚只睡了四个小时。
wǒ zuótiān hē le yī hú chá ，suǒyǐ zuówǎn zhǐ shuì le sì ge xiǎoshí 。
I drank a pot of tea yesterday so I only slept for four hours last night.
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真的吗？我昨晚热敷一整晚，好像傻子。
zhēn de ma ？wǒ zuówǎn rèfū yī zhěngwǎn ，hǎoxiàng shǎzi 。
Really? I had a hot compress on it all night yesterday like an idiot.
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我昨晚去看了昆曲“游园惊梦”！
wǒ zuówǎn qù kàn le kūnqǔ “yóuyuánjīngmèng ”！
Last night I went to see a Kun opera called The Peony Pavilion!
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初步估计是昨晚十点到十二点这段时间。
chūbù gūjì shì zuówǎn shí diǎn dào shí èr diǎn zhè duàn shíjiān 。
The initial estimate puts the window at yesterday night between 10 and 12.
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都中午了，你小子还没起床啊！太阳都晒屁股了。该不会昨晚又玩儿通宵了吧？
dōu zhōngwǔ le ，nǐ xiǎozi hái méi qǐchuáng a ！tàiyáng dōu shài pìgu le 。gāi bùhuì zuówǎn yòu wánr tōngxiāo le ba ？
It's already noon and this boy hasn't got up yet! The sun has already shone on your bum. It isn't because you were playing again all night, is it?
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谁信啊！昨晚我还看见你们……
shéi xìn ā ！zuówǎn wǒ hái kànjiàn nǐmen ……
Who could believe that?! Last night I even saw you both....
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