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夜空
yè kōng
Pinyin
Definition
夜空
-
yè kōng
night sky
Character Decomposition
夜
亠
亻
夂
丶
空
穴
工
Related Words
(20)
夜
yè
1
variant of 夜[yè]
半夜
bàn yè
1
midnight
2
in the middle of the night
夜店
yè diàn
1
nightclub
夜晚
yè wǎn
1
night
2
CL:個|个[gè]
夜间
yè jiān
1
nighttime
2
evening or night (e.g. classes)
大半夜
dà bàn yè
1
the middle of the night
天空
tiān kōng
1
sky
宵夜
xiāo yè
1
midnight snack
2
late-night snack
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
1
New Year's Eve family dinner
熬夜
áo yè
1
to stay up late or all night
空
kōng
1
empty
2
air
3
sky
4
in vain
空气
kōng qì
1
air
2
atmosphere
空间
kōng jiān
1
space
2
room
3
(fig.) scope
4
leeway
5
(astronomy) outer space
6
(physics, math.) space
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
1
in the depth of the night
2
very late at night
上空
shàng kōng
1
overhead
2
in the sky
今夜
jīn yè
1
tonight
2
this evening
前夜
qián yè
1
the eve
2
the night before
午夜
wǔ yè
1
midnight
填空
tián kòng
1
to fill a job vacancy
2
to fill in a blank (e.g. on questionnaire or exam paper)
夜半
yè bàn
1
midnight
Idioms
(20)
一纸空文
yī zhǐ kōng wén
1
a worthless piece of paper (idiom)
人去楼空
rén qù lóu kōng
1
the people are gone and the place is empty (idiom)
2
the sight of a deserted place brings old friends to mind
3
the place is deserted
4
the birds have flown
俾夜作昼
bǐ yè zuò zhòu
1
lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
2
work especially hard
俾昼作夜
bǐ zhòu zuò yè
1
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
两手空空
liǎng shǒu kōng kōng
1
empty-handed (idiom); fig. not receiving anything
劈空扳害
pī kōng bān hài
1
damaged by groundless slander (idiom)
司空见惯
sī kōng jiàn guàn
1
a common occurrence (idiom)
唱空城计
chàng kōng chéng jì
1
lit. to sing “The Empty City Stratagem” (idiom)
2
fig. to put up a bluff to conceal one's weakness
3
(jocularly) (of a place etc) to be empty
4
(of one's stomach) to be rumbling
四大皆空
sì dà jiē kōng
1
lit. the four elements are vanity (idiom)
2
this world is an illusion
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
1
lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
2
fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
1
to work from morning to night (idiom)
夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi
1
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
2
to study diligently
3
to burn the candle at both ends
夜不归宿
yè bù guī sù
1
to stay out all night (idiom)
夜不闭户
yè bù bì hù
1
lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
1
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
夜深人静
yè shēn rén jìng
1
in the dead of night (idiom)
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú
1
to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
夜郎自大
Yè láng zì dà
1
lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)
2
fig. foolish conceit
夜阑人静
yè lán rén jìng
1
the still of the night (idiom)
2
late at night
天低吴楚,眼空无物
tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù
1
the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
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