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一夜之间

yī yè zhī jiān

4-character word Traditional 一夜之間

What 一夜之间 means

1. (lit. and fig.) overnight

The characters in 一夜之间

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 夜yènight
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 间jiānbetween; among; within a definite time or space

Example sentences

• 如今的大多数书似乎是一夜之间从昨日的书籍中冒出来。
  Most of today's books seem to have emerged overnight from yesterday's books.