黑夜
hēi yè
Pinyin
Definition
黑夜
-
- night
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一条路走到黑
- 1 lit. to follow one road until dark (idiom)
- 2 fig. to stick to one's ways
- 3 to cling to one's course
俾夜作昼
- 1 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
- 2 work especially hard
俾昼作夜
- 1 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
夙夜匪懈
- 1 to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙兴夜寐
- 1 to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
- 2 to study diligently
- 3 to burn the candle at both ends