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三更半夜
sān​gēng​bàn​yè

late at night

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
三更半夜 sān​gēng​bàn​yè
late at night
In the depth of the night; specifically around or after midnight. Literally means the third watch and midnight.

Frequency

Written text
0.999 per million

Cross-References

See

  • 五更 wǔ​gēng

Same as

  • 半夜三更 bàn​yè​sān​gēng

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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