Word information
Simplified夜行昼伏
Traditional夜行晝伏
Pinyinyè xíng zhòu fú
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Chinese word dictionary
夜行昼伏
yè xíng zhòu fú · to travel at night and lie low by day (idiom)
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银行卡yínhángkǎbank card
自行车zìxíngchēbicycle; bike; CL:輛|辆[liang4]