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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

深夜 [shēnyè]
  1. 1. late at night; in the small hours of the morning
    工作到深夜
    work late into the night

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

深夜 [shēnyè]
  1. 1. 指半夜以后。

Examples

她常常工作到深夜
She often works far into the night.
沉寂的深夜
in the still of (the) night
会议继续到深夜
The meeting went on till late at night.
在寂静的深夜
in the still of the night
深夜时分
in the dead of night
他们校对到深夜才完事。
They didn't finish their proofreading until late at night.
为了按期完成,他每天晚上都雕版到深夜
In order to finish the work on time, he engraves deep into the night every day.
深夜,房间里黑魆魆的,什么也看不到。
I can see nothing in the dark room at night.
深夜出门,他习惯带上硬物,以求护身。
When he goes out late at night, he is used to carrying hard metal products to protect himself.

Word Decomposition


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