in the dead of night(sān gēng bàn yè)

in the dead of night

Midnight is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s à ng à NGB à NY è, which means late at night; one night is divided into five, and the third refers to the time from 23:00 to 1:00 the next day. It comes from the biography of Zhao Changyan in the history of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Zhao Changyan in the history of Song Dynasty, "four people (Chen Xiangyu, Hu Dan, Dong Yan, Liang Hao) will be able to speak Changyan day and night. The capital said, "Chen sangeng, Dong midnight."

Idiom usage

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Chinese PinYin : sān gēng bàn yè