Chinese word dictionary

俾昼作夜

bǐ zhòu zuò yè · to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

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Word information

Simplified俾昼作夜

Traditional俾晝作夜

Pinyinbǐ zhòu zuò yè

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

俾bǐ

so that, in order that; to cause

昼zhòu

daytime, daylight

作zuò

to make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform

夜yè

night, dark; under cover of night

How to learn 俾昼作夜

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

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