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挑灯夜战
tiǎo​dēng​yè​zhàn

to burn the midnight oil

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
挑灯夜战 挑燈夜戰 tiǎo​dēng​yè​zhàn
to burn the midnight oil
to work or study late into the night; to continue a task by lamplight; originally to fight a battle at night by torchlight
to party until dawn
to stay up all night socializing or partying

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