熬更守夜 — Chinese idiom
熬更守夜
áo gēng shǒu yè
Meaning
- to stay up through the night
Character by character
- 熬áoto boil, to simmer; to endure pain
- 更gēngmore, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
- 守shǒuto defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to w
- 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
Idioms sharing a character
- 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 少不更事 shào bù gēng shì
- 更有甚者 gèng yǒu shèn zhě
- 更深人静 gēng shēn rén jìng
- 深更半夜 shēn gēng bàn yè
- 自力更生 zì lì gēng shēng
- 万象更新 wàn xiàng gēng xīn
- 除旧更新 chú jiù gēng xīn
- 因循守旧 yīn xún shǒu jiù
- 墨守成规 mò shǒu chéng guī
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