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半夜
bàn yè
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- bàn yè
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- 半夜
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- 半夜
1 · noun (time)
the middle of the night
夜间的中间时段。
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I woke once in the middle of the night and heard rain outside.
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半夜我醒了一次，听见窗外在下雨。
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