夜深人静

夜深人靜

yèshēn-rénjìng

idiom #39,433

Meanings

1 in the dead of night
2 late at night when everything is quiet

Characters

Examples

HSK 1

夜深人静的时候，我喜欢一个人看书。

Yèshēnrénjìng de shíhou, wǒ xǐhuan yí gè rén kàn shū.

In the quiet of deep night, I like to read alone.

HSK 5

夜深人静，只听见外面的风声。

Yèshēnrénjìng, zhǐ tīngjiàn wàimiàn de fēngshēng.

Deep in the night, all you can hear is the wind outside.

Tips

usage

Almost always followed by 的时候 or 时 to set up a time clause - 夜深人静的时候 ('when night is deep and people are quiet'). Strongly atmospheric; common in narrative writing and song lyrics.

Stroke Order

夜 yè

深 shēn

人 rén

静 jìng