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深夜

shēn yè

HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

深夜 (shēn yè) means "very late at night". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 深夜 means

1. very late at night

The characters in 深夜

• 深shēn(lit. and fig.) deep
• 夜yènight

Example sentences

• 琳达深夜回家。
  Lín dá shēnyè huíjiā.
  Linda came home late at night.
• 我在深夜遇见了她。
  Wǒ zài shēnyè yùjiàn le tā.
  I met her late in the evening.
• 他从不在深夜出门。
  Tā cóngbù zài shēnyè chūmén.
  He never goes out late at night.
• 会一直开到了深夜。
  The meeting continued late into the night.
• 在深夜，我总是如释重负。
  I am always freed of all of my worries and concerns in the depth of the night.
• 过去，我父亲常常喝酒直到深夜。
  My father used to drink till late at night.

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