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俾夜作晝 (bei2 je6 zok3 zau3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

俾夜作晝 (bei2 je6 zok3 zau3, bǐ yè zuò zhòu) — lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil; work especially hard

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 俾 (bei2) — to cause; to enable; phonetic bi; so that; in order that; by; to allow; to let;…
• 俾心機 (bei2 sam1 gei1) — making effort; trying hard (spoken)
• 俾錢 (bei2 cin2) — pay
• 俾面 (bei2 min6) — giving one's face (spoken)
• 俾人屌到撻皮 (bei2 jan4 diu2 dou3 taat3 pei4) — to be beaten up severely [colloquial]
• 俾人燉 (bei2 jan4 dan6) — to be demoted [colloquial]

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