长夜难明
cháng yè nán míng
Pinyin

Definition

长夜难明
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cháng yè nán míng
  1. lit. many nights under a harsh moon
  2. long years of oppression (idiom)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夜
yè
  1. 1 variant of 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)
明天
míng tiān
  1. 1 tomorrow
明明
míng míng
  1. 1 obviously
  2. 2 plainly
  3. 3 undoubtedly
  4. 4 definitely
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
明白
míng bai
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 obvious
  3. 3 unequivocal
  4. 4 to understand
  5. 5 to realize
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
不明
bù míng
  1. 1 not clear
  2. 2 unknown
  3. 3 to fail to understand
今夜
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
光明
guāng míng
  1. 1 light
  2. 2 radiance
  3. 3 (fig.) bright (prospects etc)
  4. 4 openhearted
分明
fēn míng
  1. 1 clear
  2. 2 distinct
  3. 3 evidently
  4. 4 clearly
午夜
wǔ yè
  1. 1 midnight
夜半
yè bàn
  1. 1 midnight
夜场
yè chǎng
  1. 1 evening show (at theater etc)
夜夜
yè yè
  1. 1 every night
夜宵
yè xiāo
  1. 1 midnight snack
夜幕
yè mù
  1. 1 curtain of night
  2. 2 gathering darkness
夜晚
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]

Idioms (20)

不明事理
bù míng shì lǐ
  1. 1 not understanding things (idiom); devoid of sense
不言自明
bù yán zì míng
  1. 1 self-evident; needing no explanation (idiom)
不说自明
bù shuō zì míng
  1. 1 self-explanatory
  2. 2 self-evident (idiom)
事后聪明
shì hòu cōng ming
  1. 1 wise after the event (idiom); with hindsight, one should have predicted it
以资证明
yǐ zī zhèng míng
  1. 1 in support or witness hereof (idiom)
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
光明磊落
guāng míng lěi luò
  1. 1 open and candid (idiom); straightforward and upright
冰炭不言，冷热自明
bīng tàn bù yán , lěng rè zì míng
  1. 1 ice or coals, whether hot or cold goes without saying (idiom); fig. sincerity is not expressed in words
冰雪聪明
bīng xuě cōng ming
  1. 1 exceptionally intelligent (idiom)
另请高明
lìng qǐng gāo míng
  1. 1 please find sb better qualified than me (idiom)
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)
夜不闭户
yè bù bì hù
  1. 1 lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
  1. 1 night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng
  1. 1 in the dead of night (idiom)
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
  1. 1 to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
  1. 1 lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. foolish conceit
夜阑人静
yè lán rén jìng
  1. 1 the still of the night (idiom)
  2. 2 late at night

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