宵夜

夜宵 yèxiāo #23,771

midnight snack / late-night food

碧海青天夜夜心 bìhǎiqīngtiānyèyèxīn

blue sea, green sky — her heart ached night after night / (fig.) eternal loneliness and regret, set against a cold cosmic backdrop / (lit.) emerald sea, azure sky, night-night heart

深夜 shēnyè HSK 7 #7,096

late at night / deep in the night

夜深 yèshēn #31,308

late at night / deep into the night / the night being deep/advanced

春宵一刻值千金 chūnxiāoyīkèzhíqiānjīn

a moment of a spring night is worth a thousand in gold / (fig.) precious fleeting time — often applied to beauty, romance, or a wedding night / (lit.) spring night one-instant worth thousand gold

小楼一夜听春雨 xiǎolóuyīyètīngchūnyǔ

in the little chamber, all night long, I listened to the spring rain / (fig.) an image of delicate sleepless reverie; the poet alone with the sound of rain / (lit.) small tower one night listen spring rain

一夜鱼龙舞 yīyèyúlóngwǔ

all night long the fish and dragon lanterns danced / (fig.) the whirling riot of a Lantern Festival night — noise, color, illusion / (lit.) one-night fish-dragon dance

熬夜 áoyè HSK 7 #9,975

to stay up late / to stay up all night / to burn the midnight oil

半夜 bànyè HSK 2 #3,870

midnight / middle of the night

夜里 yèli HSK 2 #5,571

at night / during the night