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三更半夜
Mandarin · pinyin sān gēng bàn yè
Meanings
- (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night
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1–1–4–4 · san1 geng1 ban4 ye4
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Rime Cantonese 粵拼
saam1 gaang1 bun3 je6
Cantonese word readings for 三更半夜. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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saam1 gaang1 bun3 je6
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phrase
- (idiomatic) in the middle of the night; late at night
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