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半夜
bànyè
1.
midnight
2.
in the middle of the night
Very Common • Top 6%
Character Breakdown
Compound Words (7)
前半夜
qiánbànyè
first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
上半夜
shàngbànyè
first half of the night
半夜三更
bànyèsāngēng
in the depth of night
三更半夜
sāngēngbànyè
in the depth of the night
黑天半夜
hēitiānbànyè
lit. the black sky of midnight
深更半夜
shēngēngbànyè
in the dead of night (idiom)
平生不做亏心事，半夜敲门心不惊
píngshēngbùzuòkuīxīnshì,bànyèqiāoménxīnbùjīng
He who never wrongs others does not fear the knock in the night.
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- Word Frequency Rank
- 4,778 of 84,292