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[挑燈夜戰] tiǎodēngyèzhàn to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
to burn the midnight oil

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        tiǎozhàn, [挑戰], to challenge/challenge
        tiāo/tiǎo, to carry on a shoulder pole/to choose/to pick/to nitpick, to raise/to dig up/to ...
        tiāoxuǎn, [挑選], to choose/to select
        
        tiǎoqǐ, to provoke/to stir up/to incite
        tiāoti, picky/fussy
        tiǎodòu, to provoke/to entice/to lure/to tantalize/to tease/to titillate
        tiǎoxìn, [挑釁], to provoke/provocation
        
        tiǎozhànzhě, [挑戰者], challenger
        
        
        tiāosānjiǎnsì, [挑三揀四], to be picky/to be choosy
        tiǎobō, [挑撥], to incite disharmony/to instigate
        tiǎobōlíjiàn, [挑撥離間], to sow dissension (idiom); to drive a wedge between
        tiāoshí, to be picky about food
        tiāojiǎn, [挑揀], to pick and choose/to select
        tiǎodàliáng, to play a leading role/to bear a heavy responsibility
        liàotiāozi, (coll.) to quit one's job in disgust
        bǎilǐtiāoyī, [百裡挑一], one in a hundred/cream of the crop
        tiǎosuō, to incite/to stir up/to instigate
        tiǎodòng, [挑動], to entice/to arouse/to provoke
        tiǎodòuxìng, provocative/tantalizing/titillating
        tiāomáobìng, to nitpick/petty criticism/to nag
        
        
        tiǎohuā, cross-stitch (embroidery)
        
        
        tiāofū, porter
        

        dēng, [燈], lamp/light/lantern/CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]
        dēngguāng, [燈光], (stage) lighting/light
        hóngdēng, [紅燈], red light
        dēngtǎ, [燈塔], lighthouse/CL:座[zuò]
        dēngpào, [燈泡], light bulb/see also 電燈泡|电灯泡[diàn dēng pào]/third-wheel or unwanted third party s...
        
绿         lǜdēng, [綠燈], green light
        jùguāngdēng, [聚光燈], spotlight
        xīdēng, [熄燈], turn out the lights/lights out
        shǎnguāngdēng, [閃光燈], flash bulb (photography)
        
        xìnhàodēng, [信號燈], signal light/car indicator
        diàndēngpào, [電燈泡], light bulb/(slang) unwanted third guest
        táidēng, [檯燈], desk lamp/table lamp
        huàndēngpiàn, [幻燈片], slide (photography, presentation software)/filmstrip/transparency
        wěidēng, [尾燈], tail light (on vehicle)
        lùdēng, [路燈], street lamp/street light
        
        diàndēng, [電燈], electric light/CL:盞|盏[zhǎn]
        dēnglóng, [燈籠], lantern
        diàodēng, [吊燈], hanging lamp
绿         hónglǜdēng, [紅綠燈], traffic light/traffic signal
        dēnghuǒ, [燈火], lights
        
        níhóngdēng, [霓虹燈], neon lamp (loanword)
        dēngzhù, [燈柱], lamppost
        
        dēnglóngkù, [燈籠褲], bloomers/plus fours/knickerbockers
        
        
        
        dēngzhào, [燈罩], cover of lamp/lampshade/glass cover of oil lamp
        
        
        zhuǎnxiàngdēng, [轉向燈], vehicle turn indicator light
        jiēdēng, [街燈], streetlight
        dēngxīnróng, [燈芯絨], corduroy (textiles)
        yíngguāngdēng, [熒光燈], fluorescent lamp/neon lamp
        
        tídēng, [提燈], a portable lamp
        
        
        yóudēng, [油燈], oil lamp
        dēnghuì, [燈會], carnival during the Lantern Festival, with lantern displays and traditional folk...
        
        tànzhàodēng, [探照燈], searchlight
        dēngguǎn, [燈管], fluorescent light
        dǐngdēng, [頂燈], dome light (of a taxi etc)/ceiling light (in a room)/interior light (of a car)/l...
        yuǎnguāngdēng, [遠光燈], high beam (headlights)
绿         dēnghóngjiǔlǜ, [燈紅酒綠], lanterns red, wine green (idiom); feasting and pleasure-seeking/debauched and co...
        
        
        
        rìguāngdēng, [日光燈], fluorescent light
        huàndēng, [幻燈], lantern slides
        biāodēng, [標燈], beacon light/beacon
绿         kāilǜdēng, [開綠燈], to give the green light/to give the go-ahead
        kǒngmíngdēng, [孔明燈], sky lantern (miniature hot-air balloon used during festivals)
        
        luòdìdēng, [落地燈], floor lamp
        jiénéngdēng, [節能燈], compact fluorescent lamp (CFL)
        
        
        huàndēngjī, [幻燈機], slide projector/overhead projector
        báichìdēng, [白熾燈], incandescent light
        dēngsī, [燈絲], filament (in a lightbulb)
        dēngjié, [燈節], the Lantern Festival (15th of first month of lunar calendar)
        
        
        wànjiādēnghuǒ, [萬家燈火], (of a city etc) ablaze with lights
        
        qìdēng, [汽燈], gas lamp
        
        
        
        dēngxīncǎo, [燈心草], rush (botany)/Juncaceae
        
        
        
        
        jiǔjīngdēng, [酒精燈], spirit lamp
        
        huádēng, [華燈], light/decorated lantern
        
        
        
        dēngtái, [燈臺], lampstand
        zhāngdēngjiécǎi, [張燈結彩], to be decorated with lanterns and colored banners (idiom)
        zhuōdēng, [桌燈], desk lamp
        
        huādēng, [花燈], colored lantern (used at Lantern Festival 元宵節|元宵节)
        
        tàiyángdēng, [太陽燈], sunlamp
        
        zǒumǎdēng, [走馬燈], lantern with carousel of paper horses, rotating under convection, used at Lanter...

        yè, [亱], variant of 夜[yè], night
        yèwǎn, night/CL:個|个[gè]
        wǔyè, midnight
        bànyè, midnight/in the middle of the night
        guòyè, [過夜], to spend the night/overnight
        yèzǒnghuì, [夜總會], nightclub/nightspot
        yèli, [夜裡], during the night/at night/nighttime
        zhěngyè, the whole night/all through the night
        jīnyè, tonight/this evening
        shēnyè, very late at night
        hēiyè, night
        yèjiān, [夜間], nighttime/evening or night (e.g. classes)
        yèbān, night shift
        áoyè, to stay up late or all night
        qiányè, the eve/the night before
        rìyè, day and night/around the clock
        chèyè, [徹夜], the whole night
        yèsè, night scene/the dim light of night
        zuóyè, last night
        shǒuyè, to be on all-night duty/to be on night watch/to keep a vigil
        chángyè, [長夜], long dark night/fig. long period of misery and oppression
        yèyīng, [夜鶯], nightingale
        yèmù, curtain of night/gathering darkness
        yèyǐjìrì, [夜以繼日], night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
        yèkōng, night sky
        yèxiào, evening school/night school
        yèshēnghuó, night life
        liányè, [連夜], that very night/through the night/for several nights in a row
        yèyīng, [夜鷹], nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae)
        yuèyè, moonlit night
        
        
        zhòuyè, [晝夜], day and night/period of 24 hours/continuously, without stop
        yèxiāo, midnight snack
        zǐyè, midnight
        yèmāozi, [夜貓子], owl/(fig.) night owl
        bànyèsāngēng, in the depth of night/late at night
        yèyóu, [夜遊], to go to some place at night/to take a night trip to (a place)/to sleepwalk
        géyè, overnight/of the previous day
        yèqǔ, nocturne (music)
        xiǎoyèqǔ, serenade
        yèjǐng, nightscape
        
        TiānfāngYètán/tiānfāngyètán, [天方夜譚], The Arabian Nights (classic story), fantasy story
        kāiyèchē, [開夜車], to burn the midnight oil/to work late into the night
        
        
        
        
        
        yèbàn, midnight
        rùyè, nightfall
        yèchǎng, [夜場], evening show (at theater etc)
        yèshì, night market
        chèyèbùmián, [徹夜不眠], to be sleepless all night
        
        yèshēnrénjìng, [夜深人靜], in the dead of night (idiom)
        
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        mǔyèchā, witch/shrew/vixen
        yèhú, [夜壺], chamber pot
        
        
        yèxí, [夜襲], night attack
        yèchā, yaksha (malevolent spirit) (loanword)/(fig.) ferocious-looking person
        xiāoyè, nighttime snack/late-night supper
        
        
        
        dāngyè/dàngyè, [當夜], on that night, that very night/the same night
        
        yèmángzhèng, night blindness/nyctalopia
        
        
        
        
        yèbùbìhù, [夜不閉戶], lit. doors not locked at night (idiom); fig. stable society
        zhíyè, on night duty
        
        
        
        qiánbànyè, first half of the night (from nightfall to midnight)
        
        
        Yèlángzìdà, lit. Yelang thinks highly of itself (idiom)/fig. foolish conceit
        yèláixiāng, [夜來香], tuberose/Cestrum nocturnum, see also 夜香木
        rìyèjiānchéng, to travel day and night
        
        shàngbànyè, first half of the night/time before midnight
        yèlánrénjìng, [夜闌人靜], the still of the night (idiom)/late at night
        

        zhànzhēng, [戰爭], war/conflict/CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
        tiǎozhàn, [挑戰], to challenge/challenge
        zhàn, [戰], to fight/fight/war/battle
        zhàndòu, [戰鬥], to fight/to engage in combat/struggle/battle/CL:場|场[cháng],次[cì]
        zhànshì, [戰士], fighter/soldier/warrior/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhànchǎng, [戰場], battlefield/CL:個|个[gè]
        zhànshèng, [戰勝], to prevail over/to defeat/to surmount
        zuòzhàn, [作戰], combat/to fight
        zhànshù, [戰術], tactics
        dàzhàn, [大戰], war/to wage war
        zhànlüè, [戰略], strategy
        
        
        kāizhàn, [開戰], to start a war/to make war/to battle against
        zhànyì, [戰役], military campaign
        zhànlìpǐn, [戰利品], spoils of war
        zhànjī, [戰機], opportunity in a battle/fighter aircraft/war secret
        
        zhànyǒu, [戰友], comrade-in-arms/battle companion
        nèizhàn, [內戰], civil war
        Èrzhàn, [二戰], World War II
        zhàndòujī, [戰鬥機], fighter (aircraft)
        qiāngzhàn, [槍戰], gun battle/firefight
        shìjièdàzhàn, [世界大戰], world war
        zhànjiàn, [戰艦], battleship/warship
        Lěngzhàn/lěngzhàn/lěngzhan, [冷戰], (US-Soviet) Cold War, cold war/(fig.) strained relationship/to be barely on spea...
        
线         zhànxiàn, [戰線], battle line/battlefront/front
        jiāozhàn, [交戰], to fight/to wage war
        zhànfú, [戰俘], prisoner of war
        
        Yuèzhàn, [越戰], Vietnam War (1955-1975)
        
        zhànhòu, [戰後], after the war/postwar
        xuānzhàn, [宣戰], to declare war
        juézhàn, [決戰], decisive battle/to fight a decisive battle/to fight for supremacy in ...
        tíngzhàn, [停戰], armistice/cease fire
        zhànchē, [戰車], war chariot/tank
        cānzhàn, [參戰], to go to war/to engage in war
        xiūzhàn, [休戰], armistice
        zhàndì, [戰地], battlefield
        zhànhuǒ, [戰火], conflagration/the fire of war
        tiǎozhànzhě, [挑戰者], challenger
        fènzhàn, [奮戰], to fight bravely/(fig.) to struggle/to work hard
        zhànháo, [戰壕], trench/entrenchment
        zhànshí, [戰時], wartime
        zhànwúbùshèng, [戰無不勝], to triumph in every battle (idiom); invincible/to succeed in every undertaking
        
        shízhàn, [實戰], real combat/actual combat
        hùnzhàn, [混戰], chaotic warfare/confused fighting/melee/to join in such fighting
        zhànbài, [戰敗], to lose a war
        
        
        zhànjì, [戰績], military successes/(fig.) success/accomplishment
        
        zhànshì, [戰事], war/hostilities/fighting
        gūjūnfènzhàn, [孤軍奮戰], lit. lone army putting up a brave fight (idiom)/fig. (of a person or group of pe...
        yíngzhàn, [迎戰], to meet the enemy head-on
        zhànfàn, [戰犯], war criminal
        
        zhànqū, [戰區], war zone/combat zone/(military) theater of operations
        jīzhàn, [激戰], to fight fiercely/fierce battle
        zhànkuàng, [戰況], battlefield situation/battle progress
        bèizhàn, [備戰], prepared against war/to prepare for war/warmongering
        
        yězhàn, [野戰], battlefield operation/paintball
        
        zhēngzhàn, [征戰], campaign/expedition
        zhànbèi, [戰備], war preparation
        dǎnzhànxīnjīng, [膽戰心驚], to tremble with fear (idiom)/scared witless
        hàozhàn, [好戰], warlike
        xuèzhàn, [血戰], bloody battle
        zhànzhànjīngjīng, [戰戰兢兢], trembling with fear/with fear and trepidation
        zhànpáo, [戰袍], (old) combat robe/soldier's uniform/(sports) team jersey/team shirt
        zhēngduózhàn, [爭奪戰], struggle
        zhànmǎ, [戰馬], warhorse
        yìngzhàn, [應戰], to take up a challenge/to face an attack and meet it
        sǐzhàn, [死戰], fight to the death/desperate struggle
        zhànluàn, [戰亂], chaos of war
        zhàndòulì, [戰鬥力], fighting strength
        
        hǎizhàn, [海戰], naval battle
        zhànjú, [戰局], war situation
        
        
线         tǒngyīzhànxiàn, [統一戰線], united front
        
        chíjiǔzhàn, [持久戰], prolonged war/war of attrition
        kǔzhàn, [苦戰], bitter struggle/hard battle/arduous effort
        èzhàn, [惡戰], hard fighting/fierce battle
        
        xīnjīngdǎnzhàn, [心驚膽戰], lit. heart alarmed, trembling in fear (idiom); prostrate with fear/scared witles...
        yóujīzhàn, [遊擊戰], guerrilla warfare
        zhànlüèxìng, [戰略性], strategic
        
        
        
        bèishuǐyīzhàn, [背水一戰], lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom); fig. to fight to win or die
        zhuǎnzhàn, [轉戰], to fight in one place after another
        
        zhàngōng, [戰功], outstanding military service
        shēnjīngbǎizhàn, [身經百戰], lit. veteran of a hundred battles (idiom)/fig. experienced/seasoned
        
        áozhàn, [鏖戰], bitter fighting/a violent battle
        zhànlüèjiā, [戰略家], a strategist
        shèngzhàn, [聖戰], Holy war/jihad
        zhànchuán, [戰船], warship
        shǎndiànzhàn, [閃電戰], blitzkrieg/blitz
        bǎizhànbǎishèng, [百戰百勝], to emerge victorious in every battle/to be ever-victorious
        Zhànguó, [戰國], the Warring States period (475-221 BC)
        
        ÈrcìDàzhàn, [二次大戰], World War Two
        ròubózhàn, [肉搏戰], hand-to-hand combat
        
        
        lùnzhàn, [論戰], to debate/to contend/polemics
        kōngzhàn, [空戰], air war/air warfare
        
        hánzhàn, [寒戰], shiver
        bǎizhànbùdài, [百戰不殆], to come unscathed through a hundred battles (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War...
        JiěfàngZhànzhēng, [解放戰爭], War of Liberation (1945-49), after which the Communists 共產黨武裝|共产党武装 under Mao Ze...
        zhànshū, [戰書], written war challenge
        kàngzhàn, [抗戰], war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945)
        shēngwùzhàn, [生物戰], germ warfare/biological warfare
        
        
        
        zhànqí, [戰旗], a war flag/an army banner
        shézhàn, [舌戰], verbal sparring/duel of words
        zhànlièjiàn, [戰列艦], battleship
        xìjūnzhàn, [細菌戰], biological warfare/germ warfare
        lìzhàn, [力戰], to fight with all one's might
        
        
        zhàndǒu, [戰抖], to shudder/to tremble
        zhànhuò, [戰禍], disaster of war
        qiánshàozhàn, [前哨戰], skirmish
        huàxuézhàn, [化學戰], chemical warfare
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        zhànfǎ, [戰法], military strategy
        
        
        báirènzhàn, [白刃戰], hand-to-hand fighting
        línzhàn, [臨戰], just before the contest/on the eve of war
        lājùzhàn, [拉鋸戰], to-and-fro tussle/closely-fought contest
        
        
        
        
        
        
        xiāohàozhàn, [消耗戰], war of attrition
        
        
        
        CháoxiǎnZhànzhēng, [朝鮮戰爭], Korean War (1950-1953)
        
        
        
        
        shǎnjīzhàn, [閃擊戰], lightning war/Blitzkrieg
        
        
        
        LiánZhàn, [連戰], Lien Chan (1936-), Taiwanese politician, former vice-president and chairman of G...
        shāngzhàn, [商戰], trade war
        
        
        
        
        
        
        
        zhànjīngjīng, [戰兢兢], shaking with fear

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