Gǔdài de shāngrén pà yùdào qiángdào, yìbān bù gǎn yèxíng.
Merchants in the past were afraid of meeting robbers and seldom dared to travel at night.
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夜行 mostly appears in set terms: 夜行动物 'nocturnal animal', 夜行性 'nocturnal' in biology, and 夜行军 'a night march'. Its opposite in biology is 昼行性 'diurnal'.