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 ㄉㄥㄧㄝˋ ㄓㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): tiu¹ dang¹ je⁶ zin³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: tiǎodēngyèzhàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄠˇ ㄉㄥㄧㄝˋ 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

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

Synonyms

開夜車／开夜车 (kāiyèchē)

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