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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)
上半夜
shàngbànyè
first half of the night
前半夜
qiánbànyè
first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
三更半夜
sāngēngbànyè
in the depth of the night
半夜三更
bànyèsāngēng
in the depth of night
深更半夜
shēngēngbànyè
in the dead of night (idiom)
黑天半夜
hēitiānbànyè
lit. the black sky of midnight
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