夜深人静 (yè shēn rén jìng) — in the stillness of the night; in the dead of night
Definition
A four-character idiom describing the deep, quiet stillness of late night — used as a time-setting or atmospheric phrase in writing, not in casual speech.
idiom
in the stillness of the nightin the dead of night
Examples
- 夜深人静，。Zài yè shēn rén jìng de shí hou, tā zǒng xǐ huan dú zì sī kǎo.In the stillness of the night, he always likes to think alone.
- 夜深人静，。yè shēn rén jìng, Wǒ tīng jiàn le chuāng wài de xiǎo niǎo jiào shēng.In the dead of night, I heard the chirping of birds outside the window.
- 夜深人静，。Zhǐ yǒu yè shēn rén jìng shí, tā cái néng jìng xià xīn lái dú shū.Only in the quiet of the night can he settle down to read.
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