一夜间 (yī yè jiān) — overnight, in a single night
Definition
A noun meaning 'overnight, in a single night,' emphasizing that a big change happened very suddenly in just one night. Functions as a time adverbial — place it before the verb phrase.
noun
overnightin a single night
Examples
- ，。Yí yè jiān, zhěng gè chéng shì dōu bèi bái xuě fù gài le.Overnight, the whole city was covered in white snow.
- 。Tā de yì piān wén zhāng yí yè jiān ràng tā chéng le míng rén.One article of his made him famous overnight.
- 。Zhè ge xiǎo zhèn yí yè jiān fā shēng le jù dà de biàn huà.This small town underwent huge changes overnight.
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