后半夜 (hòu bàn yè) — second half of the night, from midnight to dawn

Definition

Examples

• 我常常工作到后半夜。
  Wǒ cháng cháng gōng zuò dào hòu bàn yè.
  I often work until the second half of the night.
• 后半夜的街道非常安静。
  hòu bàn yè De jiē dào fēi cháng ān jìng.
  The streets in the second half of the night are very quiet.
• 我们在后半夜的时候出发了。
  Wǒ men zài hòu bàn yè de shí hou chū fā le.
  We set off in the second half of the night.