开夜车
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Definitions
- (verb) to burn the midnight oil
- to work late into the night
Example Sentences
为了赶论文他连续开夜车。
Wèile gǎn lùnwén tā liánxù kāi yè chē
He burned the midnight oil for days to finish the paper
Related Words
俾夜作昼(bǐ yè zuò zhòu)— lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
→挑灯夜战(tiǎo dēng yè zhàn)— to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
→夙兴夜寐(sù xīng yè mèi)— to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
→焚膏继晷(fén gāo jì guǐ)— to burn the midnight oil (idiom); to work continuously night and day
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