夜阑人静 — Chinese idiom
夜阑人静
yè lán rén jìng
Traditional: 夜闌人靜
Meaning
- the still of the night
- late at night
Character by character
- 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
- 阑lánscreen door, railing, fence
- 人rénman, person; people
- 静jìngstill, quiet, motionless, gentle
Idioms sharing a character
- 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu
- 夙夜匪懈 sù yè fěi xiè
- 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
- 夜不归宿 yè bù guī sù
- 夜不闭户 yè bù bì hù
- 夜以继日 yè yǐ jì rì
- 夜深人静 yè shēn rén jìng
- 夜行昼伏 yè xíng zhòu fú
- 夜郎自大 Yè láng zì dà
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