通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn
Pinyin

Definition

通宵达旦
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tōng xiāo dá dàn
  1. overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
  2. day and night

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一旦
yī dàn
  1. 1 in case (sth happens)
  2. 2 if
  3. 3 once (sth happens, then...)
  4. 4 when
  5. 5 in a short time
  6. 6 in one day
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
联通
Lián tōng
  1. 1 China United Telecommunications Corporation
  2. 2 aka China Unicom or Unicom
  3. 3 abbr. for 中國聯通|中国联通
通
tōng
  1. 1 to go through
  2. 2 to know well
  3. 3 (suffix) expert
  4. 4 to connect
  5. 5 to communicate
  6. 6 open
  7. 7 to clear
  8. 8 classifier for letters, telegrams, phone calls etc
通宵
tōng xiāo
  1. 1 all night
  2. 2 throughout the night
通知
tōng zhī
  1. 1 to notify
  2. 2 to inform
  3. 3 notice
  4. 4 notification
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
通过
tōng guò
  1. 1 by means of
  2. 2 through
  3. 3 via
  4. 4 to pass through
  5. 5 to get through
  6. 6 to adopt
  7. 7 to pass (a bill or inspection etc)
  8. 8 to switch over
开通
kāi tōng
  1. 1 to open up (windows for air, ideas for discussion, transportation routes etc)
亨通
hēng tōng
  1. 1 to go smoothly
  2. 2 prosperous
  3. 3 going well
元宵
yuán xiāo
  1. 1 Lantern Festival
  2. 2 night of the 15th of the first lunar month
  3. 3 see also 元夜[yuán yè]
  4. 4 sticky rice dumplings
元宵节
Yuán xiāo jié
  1. 1 Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
元旦
Yuán dàn
  1. 1 New Year's Day
全球通
quán qiú tōng
  1. 1 Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) (telecommunications)
南通
Nán tōng
  1. 1 Nantong prefecture level city in Jiangsu
卡通
kǎ tōng
  1. 1 cartoon (loanword)
圆通
yuán tōng
  1. 1 flexible
  2. 2 accommodating

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
半通不通
bàn tōng bù tōng
  1. 1 to not fully understand (idiom)
博识多通
bó shí duō tōng
  1. 1 knowledgeable and perspicacious (idiom)
危在旦夕
wēi zài dàn xī
  1. 1 in imminent peril (idiom)
  2. 2 on the brink of crisis
命在旦夕
mìng zài dàn xī
  1. 1 to be at death's door (idiom)
四通八达
sì tōng bā dá
  1. 1 roads open in all directions (idiom); accessible from all sides
天有不测风云，人有旦夕祸福
tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún , rén yǒu dàn xī huò fú
  1. 1 fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
官运亨通
guān yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 (of a political career) everything is going smoothly (idiom)
宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
  1. 1 to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
  2. 2 diligently attending to official matters
弄懂弄通
nòng dǒng nòng tōng
  1. 1 to get a thorough understanding of sth (idiom)
心有灵犀一点通
xīn yǒu líng xī yī diǎn tōng
  1. 1 hearts linked as one, just as the proverbial rhinoceros communicates emotion telepathically through his single horn (idiom); fig. two hearts beat as one
政通人和
zhèng tōng rén hé
  1. 1 efficient government, people at peace (idiom); all is well with the state and the people
时运亨通
shí yùn hēng tōng
  1. 1 our luck is in, everything is going smoothly (idiom)
有无相通
yǒu wú xiāng tōng
  1. 1 mutual exchange of assistance (idiom)
  2. 2 to reciprocate with material assistance
枕戈待旦
zhěn gē dài dàn
  1. 1 to wait for dawn, one's head resting on a spear (idiom)
  2. 2 fully prepared and biding one's time before the battle
条条大路通罗马
tiáo tiáo dà lù tōng Luó mǎ
  1. 1 all roads lead to Rome
  2. 2 use different means to obtain the same result (idiom)

Sample Sentences

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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