通宵达旦 — Chinese idiom
通宵达旦
tōng xiāo dá dàn
Traditional: 通宵達旦
Meaning
- overnight until daybreak ; all night long
- day and night
Character by character
- 通tōngto pass through, to open, to connect; to communica
- 宵xiāonight, evening, darkness
- 达dáto reach, to arrive at; intelligent
- 旦dàndawn; morning; day
Idioms sharing a character
- 一窍不通 yī qiào bù tōng
- 一通百通 yī tōng bǎi tōng
- 串通一气 chuàn tōng yī qì
- 互通有无 hù tōng yǒu wú
- 半通不通 bàn tōng bù tōng
- 博识多通 bó shí duō tōng
- 四通八达 sì tōng bā dá
- 官运亨通 guān yùn hēng tōng
- 手眼通天 shǒu yǎn tōng tiān
- 政通人和 zhèng tōng rén hé
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