深夜 - very late at night - shēn yè | Definition

交浅言深

jiāo qiǎn yán shēn

1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

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

创巨痛深

chuāng jù tòng shēn

1 untold pain and suffering (idiom); deeply scarred for life

只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针

zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn

1 If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
2 cf idiom 磨杵成針|磨杵成针, to grind an iron bar down to a fine needle (idiom); fig. to persevere in a difficult task
3 to study diligently

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

寓意深远

yù yì shēn yuǎn

1 the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications

寓意深长

yù yì shēn cháng

1 to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant

屋漏偏逢连夜雨

wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ

1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)

屋漏更遭连夜雨

wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ

1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)

山高海深

shān gāo hǎi shēn

1 high as the mountain and deep as the sea (idiom); fig. infinite bounty

巴山夜雨

Bā shān yè yǔ

1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution

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