守夜 - to be on all-night duty/to be on night watch/to keep a vigil - shǒu yè | Definition

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

因循守旧

yīn xún shǒu jiù

1 (idiom) to continue in the same old rut
2 diehard conservative attitudes

墨守成规

mò shǒu chéng guī

1 hidebound by convention (idiom)

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

守口如瓶

shǒu kǒu rú píng

1 lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped
2 reticent
3 not breathing a word

守土有责

shǒu tǔ yǒu zé

1 duty to defend the country (idiom)

守望相助

shǒu wàng xiāng zhù

1 to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius); to join forces to defend against external aggressors
2 mutual help and protection

守株待兔

shǒu zhū dài tù

1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
2 to wait idly for opportunities
3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative

守株待兔，缘木求鱼

shǒu zhū dài tù , yuán mù qiú yú

1 to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits, and climb a tree to catch fish (idiom); without any practical course of action

安分守己

ān fèn shǒu jǐ

1 to be content with one's lot (idiom)
2 to know one's place

屋漏偏逢连夜雨

wū lòu piān féng lián yè yǔ

1 when it rains, it pours (idiom)

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