开
夜
车

To burn the midnight oil in Chinese: 开夜车 (kāi yè chē)

kāi yè chē

to burn the midnight oil

HSK 3.0 Level 6Traditional: 開夜車1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2to work late into the night

Stroke order

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开
夜
车

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ㄎㄞ

kāi

ㄎ/ kㄞ/ ai—/ first tone

ㄧㄝˋ

yè

ㄧ/ iㄝ/ êˋ/ fourth tone

ㄔㄜ

chē

ㄔ/ chㄜ/ e—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

开夜车

Simplified

開夜車

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 为了考试他常常开夜车。

    wèi le kǎo shì tā cháng cháng kāi yè chē。

    He often burns the midnight oil for exams.

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Related words

开

kāi

to open (transitive or intransitive)

夜

yè

night

车

chē

car

开始

kāi shǐ

to begin

离开

lí kāi

to depart

堵车

dǔ chē

traffic jam

车库

chē kù

garage

车厢

chē xiāng

carriage

公开

gōng kāi

open

卡车

kǎ chē

truck

开发

kāi fā

to exploit (a resource)

开放

kāi fàng

to bloom

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