夜来香
yè lái xiāng
Pinyin

Definition

夜来香
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yè lái xiāng
  1. tuberose
  2. Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木

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
夜晚
yè wǎn
  1. 1 night
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
夜间
yè jiān
  1. 1 nighttime
  2. 2 evening or night (e.g. classes)
宵夜
xiāo yè
  1. 1 midnight snack
  2. 2 late-night snack
年夜饭
nián yè fàn
  1. 1 New Year's Eve family dinner
香
xiāng
  1. 1 fragrant
  2. 2 sweet smelling
  3. 3 aromatic
  4. 4 savory or appetizing
  5. 5 (to eat) with relish
  6. 6 (of sleep) sound
  7. 7 perfume or spice
  8. 8 joss or incense stick
  9. 9 CL:根[gēn]
香港
Xiāng gǎng
  1. 1 Hong Kong
三更半夜
sān gēng bàn yè
  1. 1 in the depth of the night
  2. 2 very late at night
今夜
jīn yè
  1. 1 tonight
  2. 2 this evening
前夜
qián yè
  1. 1 the eve
  2. 2 the night before
午夜
wǔ yè
  1. 1 midnight
口香糖
kǒu xiāng táng
  1. 1 chewing gum
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
夜市
yè shì
  1. 1 night market
夜幕
yè mù
  1. 1 curtain of night
  2. 2 gathering darkness

Idioms (20)

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
偷香窃玉
tōu xiāng qiè yù
  1. 1 lit. stolen scent, pilfered jade (idiom); philandering
  2. 2 secret illicit sex
口齿生香
kǒu chǐ shēng xiāng
  1. 1 eloquence that generates perfume (idiom); profound and significant text
吃香喝辣
chī xiāng hē là
  1. 1 lit. to eat delicious food and drink hard liquor (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live well
国色天香
guó sè tiān xiāng
  1. 1 national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
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
天香国色
tiān xiāng guó sè
  1. 1 divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty
宝马香车
bǎo mǎ xiāng chē
  1. 1 precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
  2. 2 ostentatious display of luxury
屋漏偏逢连夜雨
wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
屋漏更遭连夜雨
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
  1. 1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)
巴山夜雨
Bā shān yè yǔ
  1. 1 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
  2. 2 Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution

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