开夜车
Mandarin
| simpl. | 开夜车 | |
|---|---|---|
| trad. | 開夜車 | |
Etymology
Literally: "to drive the night car."
Pronunciation
- IPA: [ kʰai˥˥iɛ˥˩tʂʰə˥˥ ]
Verb
开夜车 (simplified, Pinyin kāi yèchē, traditional 開夜車)
- (Intermediate Mandarin) to work late into the night; to burn the midnight oil
References
- 1985, Jingrong (ed.) Wu, The Pinyin CHINESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY (in Mandarin/English), Beijing, Hong Kong: The Commercial Press, ISBN 0471867969:
- 2000, Jingmin (ed.) Shao, HSK Dictionary (HSK汉语水平考试词典) (in Mandarin/English), Shanghai: Huadong Teachers College Publishers, ISBN 7561720785:
- 2004, Shan (ed.) Cao, Speaking Chinese: 500 Daily Expressions (实用汉语口语五百局), edition 5th (in English/Chinese), Beijing: New World Press (新世界出版社), ISBN 7-80005-385-7: