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midnight / in the middle of the night
HSK 2
during the night / at night / nighttime
HSK 2
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夜* | 夜* | *夜
night
HSK 2
nighttime / evening or night (e.g. classes)
HSK 5
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve (Chinese New Year tradition)
HSK 7-9
night market
HSK 7-9
to burn the midnight oil / to work late into the night
HSK 6
one night stand
(idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
tonight / this evening
nightclub; nightspot
HSK 7-9
evening school / night school
HSK 7-9
The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
night shift
HSK 7-9
very late at night
HSK 7-9
to become popular overnight
day and night / around the clock
HSK 6
the whole night
HSK 7-9
night / CL: 個|个
HSK 7-9
Silent Night (Christmas carol) / Christmas Eve
Halloween (abbr. for 萬聖節前夜|万圣节前夜)
Midsummer night's dream, comedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
day and night / period of 24 hours / continuously, without stop
HSK 7-9
to book a service for overnight use (karaoke room, internet café etc) / (euphemistic) to hire a companion or escort for the night
tuberose (Agave amica) / night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum) (aka 夜香木)
every night
to stay up late or all night
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) overnight
night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
HSK 7-9
midnight snack
midnight
the middle of the night
night
HSK 6
night sky
midnight snack / late-night snack
evening show (at a theater etc) / nighttime entertainment venue (bar, nightclub, disco etc)
day and night / round-the-clock
last night
nightfall
that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row
HSK 7-9
moonlit night
Halloween
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *夜* | 夜* | *夜
variant of
HSK 2
starlit night / by night; under the night sky; through the night
night vision device
in the dead of night (idiom)
night life
the whole night / all through the night
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
to get up in the night to urinate
luminous
nightclub
nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
to travel day and night
night vision device
first half of the night / time before midnight
early evening / wedding night / (fig.) first sexual encounter
night scene / the dim light of night
Inuyasha, fictional character
to stay up through the night (idiom)
darkness fell (falls, had fallen etc)
night walk / night departure / nocturnal
to stay out all night (idiom)
lunar New Year's Eve
curtain of night / gathering darkness
yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword) / (fig.) ferocious-looking person
nighttime snack / late-night supper
day and night / regardless of the time of day or night
midnight
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard / to study diligently / to burn the candle at both ends
to stay up all night; to pull an all-nighter
evening college
River on a spring night, long yuefu poem by 張若虛|张若虚
Lantern Festival / night of 15th of first lunar month / see also 元宵
at nightfall
chamber pot
owl / (fig.) night owl
late at night / in the dead of night
night patrol / to make nightly rounds
to be on all-night duty / to be on night watch / to keep a vigil
(hospitality industry) turndown service
nightscape
gathering dusk
serenade
to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night / to burn the midnight oil
all through the night / overnight
nocturnality; nocturnal
bottle gourd (i.e. 瓠瓜)
to be unable to sleep at night
night attack
graveyard shift; late night shift
in the dead of night (idiom)
to have a sleepless night
one-night stand / ephemeral
on night duty
(Tw) evening program (at a college) / night school
night-blooming jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum)
rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution
circadian rhythm

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