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night
to stay up late or all night
midnight
reunion dinner on Lunar New Year's Eve
nighttime
night market
day and night
very late at night
the whole night
that very night
night shift
evening school
Notice where 夜 sits in each complete thought.
It was one of the best nights I've had.
Source: Tatoeba #5574441 · CC BY 2.0 FRYou had better not stay up too late.
Source: Tatoeba #908030 · CC BY 2.0 FRHe gave me a ring at midnight.
Source: Tatoeba #333194 · CC BY 2.0 FRI met her late in the evening.
Source: Tatoeba #885527 · CC BY 2.0 FRIt was a quiet night.
Source: Tatoeba #464921 · CC BY 2.0 FRIt was a pitch-black night without moonlight.
Source: Tatoeba #1328172 · CC BY 2.0 FRDefinitions and traditional forms are compiled from Make Me a Hanzi, HSK curriculum data, and CC-CEDICT. Sourced example sentences link to Tatoeba; editorial examples are labeled separately. Review data sources and licenses.