夜长 (夜長) yè cháng
yè cháng
phrase
the nights are long
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Collocation: for example, in the poem 自祭文 “Requiem for Myself” by 陶潛 Tao Qian, Scroll 7 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Amies 2021 tr.; see also tr. by Pollard 2002, p. 29)
Contained in
- 夜长梦多(夜長夢多) a long night with many dreams; much can happen over a long period
- 昼短夜长(晝短夜長) the winter days are short and the nights long
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- 卷二十九 Scroll 29 Wenxuan 文選 — count: 5
- 卷二十三 志第十三 天文一 Volume 23 Treatises 13: Astronomy 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 2
- 卷十一 志第一 天文上 Volume 11 Treatises 1: Astronomy Part One Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 2
- 卷五十二 志第四: 曆一 Volume 52 Treatises 5: Calendar 1 History of Yuan 元史 — count: 2
- 卷之四 詩五言 Scroll 4: Five Character Form Poetry Tao Yuanming Collected Poems 陶淵明集 — count: 1
- 卷19 志第14 天文上 Volume 19 Treatises 14: Astronomy 1 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷一百三十一 列傳第五十六 宗室宰相 Volume 131 Biographies 56: Imperial Clan and Chancellor New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
- 卷八 梁本紀下第八 簡文帝 元帝 敬帝 Volume 8 :Liang Annals 3: Emperor Jianwen, Emperor Yuan, Emperor Jing History of the Southern Dynasties 南史 — count: 1
- 第二回 Chapter 45 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 1
- 第五十三回 Chapter 53 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
Collocations
- 苦夜长 (苦夜長) 晝短苦夜長 — New Book of Tang 新唐書, 卷一百三十一 列傳第五十六 宗室宰相 Volume 131 Biographies 56: Imperial Clan and Chancellor — count: 3
- 知夜长 (知夜長) 愁多知夜長 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷二十九 Scroll 29 — count: 3
- 秋夜长 (秋夜長) 漫漫秋夜長 — Wenxuan 文選, 卷二十九 Scroll 29 — count: 2
- 短夜长 (短夜長) 日短夜長 — Water Margin 水滸傳, 第二十三回 Chapter 23 — count: 2
- 恨夜长 (恨夜長) 昨宵恨夜長 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷42 列傳第7 李德林 Volume 42 Biographies 7: Li Delin — count: 2