深更半夜 — Chinese idiom
深更半夜
shēn gēng bàn yè
Meaning
- in the dead of night
Character by character
- 深shēndeep, profound; depth
- 更gēngmore, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
- 半bànhalf; semi-, incomplete
- 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
Idioms sharing a character
- 交浅言深 jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
- 创巨痛深 chuāng jù tòng shēn
- 博大精深 bó dà jīng shēn
- 夜深人静 yè shēn rén jìng
- 如临深渊 rú lín shēn yuān
- 寓意深远 yù yì shēn yuǎn
- 寓意深长 yù yì shēn cháng
- 山高海深 shān gāo hǎi shēn
- 感人至深 gǎn rén zhì shēn
- 日久岁深 rì jiǔ suì shēn
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