通宵
tōng xiāo
Pinyin

Definition

通宵
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tōng xiāo
  1. all night
  2. throughout the night

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

交通
jiāo tōng
  1. 1 to be connected
  2. 2 traffic
  3. 3 transportation
  4. 4 communications
  5. 5 liaison
夜宵
yè xiāo
  1. 1 midnight snack
宵夜
xiāo yè
  1. 1 midnight snack
  2. 2 late-night snack
普通
pǔ tōng
  1. 1 common
  2. 2 ordinary
  3. 3 general
  4. 4 average
沟通
gōu tōng
  1. 1 to join
  2. 2 to connect
  3. 3 to link up
  4. 4 to communicate

Idioms (20)

一窍不通
yī qiào bù tōng
  1. 1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
  2. 2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
  3. 3 it's all Greek to me
一通百通
yī tōng bǎi tōng
  1. 1 grasp this fundamental point and all the rest will follow (idiom)
串通一气
chuàn tōng yī qì
  1. 1 to act in collusion (idiom)
互通有无
hù tōng yǒu wú
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to benefit from each other's strengths and make up each other's shortfalls
  3. 3 to reciprocate with material assistance
  4. 4 scratch each other's back
八仙过海，各显神通
Bā xiān guò hǎi , gè xiǎn shén tōng
  1. 1 lit. the Eight Immortals cross the sea, each showing his own special talent (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of each individual in a group) to give full play to one's unique capabilities

Sample Sentences

当年精力可真充沛，三更半夜还精神抖擞，通宵一夜第二天还能直接去上课。
dāngnián jīnglì kě zhēn chōngpèi ，sāngēngbànyè huán jīngshéndǒusǒu ，tōngxiāo yìyè dìèrtiān hái néng zhíjiē qù shàngkè 。
At that time, energy levels were very high. In the middle of the night, I was still full of energy and I could go to class the next day.
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差不多两个月我就辞职了。每天重复性的工作以及看不到头的通宵加班，让我实在受不了了……”今年八月底，九五后职场新人陶杰辞去了在抖音的工作，去到一家主做艺术品复制的创业型公司。
chàbuduō liǎng ge yuè wǒ jiù cízhí le 。měitiān chóngfùxìng de gōngzuò yǐjí kànbúdàotóu de tōngxiāo jiābān ，ràng wǒ shízài shòubùliǎo le ……”jīnnián Bāyuè de ，jiǔwǔhòu zhíchǎng xīnrén táojié cíqù le zài dǒuyīn de gōngzuò ，qù dào yījiā zhǔ zuò yìshùpǐn fùzhì de chuàngyèxíng gōngsī 。
“I resigned after almost two months. Repetitive work and endless overtime, I really can't stand it..." At the end of August this year, a 95 newcomer Tao Jie quit his job at a music video platform and social network company and joined an art reproduction company.
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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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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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他为了通过考试而通宵学习。
tā wèile tōngguò kǎoshì ér tōngxiāo xuéxí 。
In order to pass the test, he studies all night long.
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如果让我在这儿待一个通宵，我估计得发疯啊。
rúguǒ ràng wǒ zài zhèr dāi yī gè tōngxiāo ，wǒ gūjì děi fāfēng a 。
If you made me stay here for a whole night, I think I'd go crazy.
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还有通宵打牌搓麻将。难得放回假，轻松没捞到，还累了个半死，真划不来！
háiyǒu tōngxiāo dǎpái cuō májiàng 。nándé fàng huí jiǎ ，qīngsōng méi lāodào ，hái lèi le ge bàn sǐ ，zhēn huábulái ！
Also, there's playing cards and mahjong all night. It's not an easy vacation. There's no time to relax. It's so exhausting that it almost kills you. It's really not worth it!
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好！请看最后一题，选择题。请问下面哪一项是布依族特有的风俗习惯。A哭嫁，B走婚，C泼水节，D除夕之夜全家人通宵达旦地在水塘边守岁。
hǎo ！qǐng kàn zuìhòu yī tí ，xuǎnzé tí 。qǐngwèn xiàmian nǎ yī xiàng shì Bùyīzú tèyǒu de fēngsú xíguàn 。A kūjià ，B zǒuhūn ，C Pōshuǐjié ，D Chúxī zhī yè quánjiārén tōngxiāodádàn de zài shuǐtáng biān shǒusuì 。
OK! Let's take a look at the last question; a multiple choice question. Among the following social customs, which is a custom of the Buyei people - A: crying marriage, B: walking marriage, C: the water festival, or D: staying up all night with one's entire family near a pond on New Year's Eve.
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这种技术型的文章翻译起来很花时间的，我就是通宵也做不完。这样吧，我今天先完成一部分，剩下的我保证三天内做完。
zhèzhǒng jìshù xíng de wénzhāng fānyì qǐlái hěn huā shíjiān de ，wǒ jiùshì tōngxiāo yě zuòbuwán 。zhèyàng ba ，wǒ jīntiān xiān wánchéng yībùfēn ，shèngxià de wǒ bǎozhèng sān tiān nèi zuò wán 。
This kind of technical document takes a lot of time to translate. If I worked all night, I still wouldn't be able to finish it. How about this, I'll finish a section of it today, and I promise I'll get the the rest of it finished within 3 days.
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