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What does 半夜 mean?

猫头鹰māotóuyīngowl

半夜 bànyè

midnight; the middle of the night

Its characters

  1. 半 bàn middle (as in 半夜)
  2. 夜 yè night

In a sentence

他昨天半夜才回家。 He didn't get home until midnight yesterday.

半夜,一阵大风吹来,那个长着猪脸的人走了进来,想抱“翠兰”。

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