in the dead of night
Geng: old night time unit. The night is divided into five shifts, about two hours each. The night was deep and there was no sound. It describes the deep night in silence.
Idiom explanation
An old unit of night time. The night is divided into five shifts, about two hours each. The night was deep and there was no sound. It describes the deep night in silence.
Idioms and allusions
It comes from the fourteenth beat of the eighteenth beat of Hu Jia written by Cai Yan of Han Dynasty: "when the mountains and highlands are wide, I can see you without any time; when the night is late, I can dream of you." Sometimes the teacher called the waiter, and the waiter agreed. The teacher said, "let's discuss with him." (Shi Daoyuan's Jingde Zhuandeng Lu, Volume 11, Song Dynasty)
Discrimination of words
Usage: as an adverbial, it refers to the silence at night
Chinese PinYin : gēng shēn yè jìng
in the dead of night
be content with staying where one is. gù bù zì fēng
help each other in adversity. jí bìng xiāng fú
the clouds disperse and the sun appears. yún kāi jiàn rì
give a pleasant smile of a woman. yān rán yī xiào
The thunder is too quick to stop. jí léi bù jí sāi ěr
get a reward without deserving it. wú gōng ér lù