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一夜之間

简一夜之间 · 繁一夜之間

Mandarin · pinyin yī yè zhī jiān

(lit. and fig.) overnight

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
夜: yè · night, dark; in night; by night
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
間: Look up this written character
间: jiān · midpoint, space; place, locality

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1–4–1–1 · yi1 ye4 zhi1 jian1

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jat1 je6 zi1 gaan1

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overnight; over the space of one night

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