开夜车
开夜车開夜車 kāi yè chē ㄎㄞ ㄧㄝˋ ㄔㄜ hoi1 je6 ce1 HSK 6
- to burn the midnight oil
- to work late into the night
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More words with these characters
开
- 公开公開 gōng kāi ㄍㄨㄥ ㄎㄞ gung1 hoi1 open; overt; public
- 分开分開 fēn kāi ㄈㄣ ㄎㄞ fan1 hoi1 to separate
- 召开召開 zhào kāi ㄓㄠˋ ㄎㄞ ziu6 hoi1 to convene (a conference or meeting)
- 展开展開 zhǎn kāi ㄓㄢˇ ㄎㄞ zin2 hoi1 to unfold; to spread out; to open up
- 张开張開 zhāng kāi ㄓㄤ ㄎㄞ zoeng1 hoi1 to open up
- 想开想開 xiǎng kāi ㄒㄧㄤˇ ㄎㄞ soeng2 hoi1 to get over (a shock, bereavement etc)
夜
车
- 上车上車 shàng chē ㄕㄤˋ ㄔㄜ soeng5 ce1 to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc)
- 下车下車 xià chē ㄒㄧㄚˋ ㄔㄜ haa6 ce1 to get off or out of (a bus, train, car etc)
- 乘车乘車 chéng chē ㄔㄥˊ ㄔㄜ sing4 ce1 to ride (in a car or carriage)
- 修车修車 xiū chē ㄒㄧㄡ ㄔㄜ sau1 ce1 to repair a bike (car etc)
- 倒车倒車 dǎo chē ㄉㄠˇ ㄔㄜ dou2 ce1 to change buses, trains etc
- 停车停車 tíng chē ㄊㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄜ ting4 ce1 to pull up (stop one's vehicle)
Idioms with these characters
- 遍地开花遍地開花 biàn dì kāi huā ㄅㄧㄢˋ ㄉㄧˋ ㄎㄞ ㄏㄨㄚ pin3 dei6 hoi1 faa1 (idiom) to blossom everywhere; to spring up all over the place; to flourish on a large scale
- 别开生面別開生面 bié kāi shēng miàn ㄅㄧㄝˊ ㄎㄞ ㄕㄥ ㄇㄧㄢˋ bit6 hoi1 sang1 min6 to start sth new or original (idiom); to break a new path
- 春暖花开春暖花開 chūn nuǎn huā kāi ㄔㄨㄣ ㄋㄨㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄚ ㄎㄞ ceon1 nyun5 faa1 hoi1 lit. springtime when the weather is warm and flowers are in bloom (idiom)
- 大开大合大開大合 dà kāi dà hé ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄞ ㄉㄚˋ ㄏㄜˊ daai6 hoi1 daai6 hap6 (idiom) epic in scope; wide-ranging
- 大开眼界大開眼界 dà kāi yǎn jiè ㄉㄚˋ ㄎㄞ ㄧㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄝˋ daai6 hoi1 ngaan5 gaai3 (idiom) to broaden one's horizons greatly
- 熬更守夜 áo gēng shǒu yè ㄠˊ ㄍㄥ ㄕㄡˇ ㄧㄝˋ ngaau4 gaang1 sau2 je6 to stay up through the night (idiom)
- 巴山夜雨 Bā shān yè yǔ ㄅㄚ ㄕㄢ ㄧㄝˋ ㄩˇ baa1 saan1 je6 jyu5 rain on Mt Ba (idiom); lonely in a strange land
- 俾夜作昼俾夜作晝 bǐ yè zuò zhòu ㄅㄧˇ ㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄓㄡˋ bei2 je6 zok3 zau3 lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
- 俾昼作夜俾晝作夜 bǐ zhòu zuò yè ㄅㄧˇ ㄓㄡˋ ㄗㄨㄛˋ ㄧㄝˋ bei2 zau3 zok3 je6 to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
- 长夜漫漫長夜漫漫 cháng yè màn màn ㄔㄤˊ ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄢˋ ㄇㄢˋ coeng4 je6 maan6 maan6 endless night (idiom); fig. long suffering
- 安步当车安步當車 ān bù dàng chē ㄢ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄤˋ ㄔㄜ on1 bou6 dong3 ce1 to go on foot (idiom)
- 宝马香车寶馬香車 bǎo mǎ xiāng chē ㄅㄠˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄒㄧㄤ ㄔㄜ bou2 maa5 hoeng1 ce1 precious horses and magnificent carriage (idiom); rich family with extravagant lifestyle
- 杯水车薪杯水車薪 bēi shuǐ chē xīn ㄅㄟ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄔㄜ ㄒㄧㄣ bui1 seoi2 ce1 san1 lit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom); fig. an utterly inadequate measure
- 闭门造车閉門造車 bì mén zào chē ㄅㄧˋ ㄇㄣˊ ㄗㄠˋ ㄔㄜ bai3 mun4 zou6 ce1 lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom)
- 车水马龙車水馬龍 chē shuǐ mǎ lóng ㄔㄜ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄇㄚˇ ㄌㄨㄥˊ ce1 seoi2 maa5 lung4 endless stream of horse and carriages (idiom)
Example sentences
- 他老是开夜车。 He always sits up late at night.
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