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Character Decomposition
夜=亠+亻+夕
Etymology
A person 亻 sneaking by under cover 亠 of night 夕
Meanings
night
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Words with 夜 482 total
the whole night彻夜chè yèovernight · of the previous day隔夜gé yèwhite night白夜bái yèto spend the night · overnight过夜guò yèpolar night极夜jí yèall night long成夜chéng yèmidnight · in the middle of the night半夜bàn yècurfew禁夜jìn yèlunar New Year's Eve年夜nián yèvery late at night深夜shēn yèto be on all-night duty · to be on night watch · to keep a vigil守夜shǒu yèto get up in the night to urinate起夜qǐ yè(literary) nightfall · night侵夜qīn yèday and night · around the clock日夜rì yè(literary) late at night漏夜lòu yèat nightfall入夜rù yèto be on night duty上夜shàng yè
Idioms with 夜 103 total Chain
to stay up through the night (idiom)熬更守夜áo gēng shǒu yèrain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land · Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution巴山夜雨Bā shān yè yǔlit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil · work especially hard俾夜作昼bǐ yè zuò zhòuto make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour俾昼作夜bǐ zhòu zuò yèday and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)卜昼卜夜bǔ zhòu bǔ yèendless night (idiom); fig. long suffering长夜漫漫cháng yè màn màn
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