黑夜 (hēi yè) — dark night; night (emphasizing darkness)
Definition
Literary word for 'dark night,' emphasizing the blackness of night rather than just the time. More written and evocative than the everyday 晚上.
noun
dark nightnight (emphasizing darkness)
Examples
- 黑夜。hēi yè Lǐ shén me dōu kàn bú jiàn.You can't see anything in the dark night.
- 黑夜。Tā men zài yí piàn hēi yè zhōng mō suǒ qián jìn.They groped forward in the pitch-black night.
- 黑夜，。Màn cháng de hēi yè zhōng yú guò qù le, tiān liàng le.The long dark night finally ended, and dawn broke.
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