夜猫子
yè māo zi
Pinyin

Definition

夜猫子
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yè māo zi
  1. owl
  2. (fig.) night owl

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

夜
yè
  1. 1 variant of 夜[yè]
儿子
ér zi
  1. 1 son
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)
大半夜
dà bàn yè
  1. 1 the middle of the night
女子
nu:3 zǐ
  1. 1 woman
  2. 2 female
妻子
qī zǐ
  1. 1 wife and children
子
zǐ
  1. 1 son
  2. 2 child
  3. 3 seed
  4. 4 egg
  5. 5 small thing
  6. 6 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat
  7. 7 Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wǔ děng jué wèi]
  8. 8 ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north)
孩子
hái zi
  1. 1 child
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
房子
fáng zi
  1. 1 house
  2. 2 building (single- or two-story)
  3. 3 apartment
  4. 4 room
  5. 5 CL:棟|栋[dòng],幢[zhuàng],座[zuò],套[tào],間|间[jiān]
日子
rì zi
  1. 1 day
  2. 2 a (calendar) date
  3. 3 days of one's life
样子
yàng zi
  1. 1 appearance
  2. 2 manner
  3. 3 pattern
  4. 4 model
深夜
shēn yè
  1. 1 very late at night
熬夜
áo yè
  1. 1 to stay up late or all night
狮子
Shī zǐ
  1. 1 Leo (star sign)
  2. 2 Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏東縣|屏东县[Píng dōng Xiàn], Taiwan
狮子座
Shī zi zuò
  1. 1 Leo (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (20)

一瓶子不响，半瓶子晃荡
yī píng zi bù xiǎng , bàn píng zi huàng dang
  1. 1 lit. a full bottle makes no sound; a half-filled bottle sloshes (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
不入虎穴，焉得虎子
bù rù hǔ xué , yān dé hǔ zǐ
  1. 1 How do you catch the tiger cub without entering the tiger's lair? (idiom); Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
不见兔子不撒鹰
bù jiàn tù zi bù sā yīng
  1. 1 you don't release the hawk until you've seen the hare (idiom)
  2. 2 one doesn't act without some incentive
乱臣贼子
luàn chén zéi zǐ
  1. 1 rebels and traitors (idiom)
  2. 2 general term for scoundrel
仁人君子
rén rén jūn zǐ
  1. 1 people of good will (idiom); charitable person
以子之矛，攻子之盾
yǐ zǐ zhī máo , gōng zǐ zhī dùn
  1. 1 lit. use sb's spear to attack his shield (idiom, derived from Han Feizi 韓非子|韩非子); turning a weapon against its owner
  2. 2 fig. to attack an opponent using his own devices
  3. 3 hoist with his own petard
以小人之心，度君子之腹
yǐ xiǎo rén zhī xīn , duó jūn zǐ zhī fù
  1. 1 to gauge the heart of a gentleman with one's own mean measure (idiom)
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
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
兔子不吃窝边草
tù zi bù chī wō biān cǎo
  1. 1 A rabbit doesn't eat the grass by its own burrow (idiom); One shouldn't do anything to harm one's neighbors.
刀子嘴，豆腐心
dāo zi zuǐ , dòu fu xīn
  1. 1 to have a sharp tongue but a soft heart (idiom)
包子有肉不在褶上
bāo zi yǒu ròu bù zài zhě shàng
  1. 1 a book is not judged by its cover (idiom)
又想当婊子又想立牌坊
yòu xiǎng dāng biǎo zi yòu xiǎng lì pái fāng
  1. 1 lit. to lead the life of a whore but still want a monument put up to one's chastity (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have bad intentions but still want a good reputation
  3. 3 to want to have one's cake and eat it too
吃熊心豹子胆
chī xióng xīn bào zi dǎn
  1. 1 to eat bear heart and leopard gall (idiom)
  2. 2 to pluck up some courage
君子之交
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo
  1. 1 friendship between gentlemen, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子之交淡如水
jūn zǐ zhī jiāo dàn rú shuǐ
  1. 1 a gentleman's friendship, insipid as water (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子[Zhuāng zǐ])
君子报仇，十年不晚
jūn zi bào chóu , shí nián bù wǎn
  1. 1 lit. for a nobleman to take revenge, ten years is not too long (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. revenge is a dish best served cold
君子远庖厨
jūn zǐ yuàn páo chú
  1. 1 lit. a nobleman stays clear of the kitchen (idiom, from Mencius)
  2. 2 fig. a nobleman who has seen a living animal cannot bear to see it die, hence he keeps away from the kitchen
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
  1. 1 to work from morning to night (idiom)

Sample Sentences

啊？五点？吓死宝宝了，我的瞌睡都吓醒了。我可起不来，我天生就是夜猫子型人格呀，你们这些晨型人就尽知道刺激我们。
ā ？wǔ diǎn ？xiàsǐ bǎobao le ，wǒ de kēshuì dōu xià xǐng le 。wǒ kě qǐbùlái ，wǒ tiānshēng jiùshì yèmāozi xíng réngé ya ，nǐmen zhèxiē chénxíng rén jiù jìn zhīdào cìjī wǒmen 。
What? Five? You've scared the living daylight out of me. You've scared the sleepiness away. Waking up that early, that is something I cannot do. I'm was born a night owl. You early morning types, all you know is how to show us up.
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怎么你这个贪玩的夜猫子也变得瞻前顾后了！
zěnme nǐ zhège tānwán de yèmāozi yě biànde zhānqiángùhòu le ！
Even a playful night owl like you have become so careful!
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只有你是夜猫子啊。
zhǐyǒu nǐ shì yèmāozi ā 。
You're the only night owl?
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你这个夜猫子，又玩通宵。去酒吧泡妞了吧？
nǐ zhège yèmāozi ，yòu wán tōngxiāo 。qù jiǔbā pàoniū le ba ？
You are quite the night owl, partying through the night. Did you go to the bars cruising for girls?
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夜猫子
yèmāozi
someone who likes to stay up late, night owl (lit. night cat)
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但是不影响我做一个夜猫子。
dànshì bù yǐngxiǎng wǒ zuò yī ge yèmāozi 。
But that doesn’t influence me to be a night owl.
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Jenny是夜猫子。
Jenny shì yèmāozi 。
Jenny is a night owl.
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是一个夜猫子。
shì yī ge yèmāozi 。
A night owl.
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