午 夜 wǔ yè midnight 半 夜 bàn yè midnight / in the middle of the night 夜 半 yè bàn midnight 三 更 sān gēng third of the five night watch periods 23:00-01:00 (old) / midnight / also pr. [san1 jin1] 子 夜 zǐ yè midnight 零 时 líng shí midnight / zero hour 零 点 líng diǎn midnight / to order à / la carte / (math.) zero of a function 宵 夜 xiāo yè midnight snack / late-night snack 夜 宵 yè xiāo midnight snack 子 son / child / seed / egg / small thing / 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat / Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4] / ancient Chinese compass point: 0° / (north) / subsidiary / subordinate / sub- 开 夜 车 kāi yè chē to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night 上 半 夜 shàng bàn yè first half of the night / time before midnight 俾 夜 作 昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu lit. to make night as day (idiom) / fig. to burn the midnight oil / work especially hard 焚 膏 继 晷 fén gāo jì guǐ to burn the midnight oil (idiom) / to work continuously night and day 黑 天 半 夜 hēi tiān bàn yè lit. the black sky of midnight / very late at night (idiom) 挑 灯 夜 战 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom) / fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil 聚 萤 映 雪 jù yíng yìng xuě lit. to collect fireflies and study by their light (idiom) / fig. ambitious student from impoverished background / burning the midnight oil 开 门 炮 kāi mén pào firecrackers set off at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day (a Chinese tradition) 转 钟 zhuǎn zhōng past midnight
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