城開不夜
chéng​kāi​bù​yè

a city that never sleeps

  • created reference approved 城开不夜/城開不夜 → 金吾不禁 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    城开不夜 / 城開不夜 chéng​kāi​bù​yè

    金吾不禁 jīn​wú​bù​jìn

    synonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 城开不夜/城開不夜 · chéng​kāi​bù​yè · a city that never sleeps — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    城开不夜 / 城開不夜

    chéng​kāi​bù​yè

    a city that never sleeps

    Originally described city gates being kept open all night without a curfew; currently used to describe a city or place that is bustling and lively through the entire night.

    chéng​kāi​bú​yè

    城 (literal) → 城 · chéng · city 开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to open 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 夜 (literal) → 夜 · yè · night

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense