挑燈夜戰

Chinese

		to raise the wick of an oil lamp; to hang a lantern from a pole	night fighting; night battle
trad. (挑燈夜戰)		挑燈	夜戰
simp. (挑灯夜战)		挑灯	夜战

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiǎodēngyèzhàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄥ ㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ dang¹ je⁶ zin³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎodēngyèzhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄥ ㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tiǎodengyèjhàn
    • Wade–Giles: tʻiao³-têng¹-yeh⁴-chan⁴
    • Yale: tyǎu-dēng-yè-jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: teaudengyehjann
    • Palladius: тяодэнъечжань (tjaodɛnʺječžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɤŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tiu¹ dang¹ je⁶ zin³
    • Yale: tīu dāng yeh jin
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tiu¹ dang¹ je⁶ dzin³
    • Guangdong Romanization: tiu¹ deng¹ yé⁶ jin³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːu̯⁵⁵ tɐŋ⁵⁵ jɛː²² t͡siːn³³/

Idiom

挑燈夜戰

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

Synonyms

• 開夜車／开夜车 (kāiyèchē)