隔夜 - overnight/of the previous day - gé yè | Definition

一日不见，如隔三秋

yī rì bù jiàn , rú gé sān qiū

1 one day apart seems like three years (idiom)

人心隔肚皮

rén xīn gé dù pí

1 there is no knowing what is in a man's heart (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

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

天地悬隔

tiān dì xuán gé

1 lit. a gulf between heaven and earth
2 wide difference of opinion (idiom)

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)

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

挑灯夜战

tiǎo dēng yè zhàn

1 to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
2 to burn the midnight oil

昼短夜长

zhòu duǎn yè cháng

1 the winter days are short and the nights long (idiom)

深更半夜

shēn gēng bàn yè

1 in the dead of night (idiom)

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