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

夜深人静的时候，我喜欢一个人看书。

Yèshēnrénjìng de shíhou, wǒ xǐhuan yíge rén kàn shū.

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

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