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当晚

dàngwǎn

that evening; the same night

A person at a window looks at the moon over rooftops
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Characters in this word

当 dāng

Strokes
6
Radical
⺌ — small
Made of
⺌ small 彐 snout

晚 wǎn

Strokes
11
Radical
日 — sun
Made of
日 sun 免 to spare, to excuse from
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

Example phrases

  • 判决生效当晚,律师团队就向媒体发布了简短声明。 Pànjué shēngxiào dàngwǎn, lǜshī tuánduì jiù xiàng méitǐ fābù le jiǎnduǎn shēngmíng. On the evening the verdict took effect, the legal team issued a brief statement to the media.
  • 我们是中午到的,当晚就去看了夜景。 Wǒmen shì zhōngwǔ dào de, dàngwǎn jiù qù kàn le yèjǐng. We arrived at noon and went to see the night view that same evening.
  • 他收到录取通知书,当晚高兴得没睡着。 Tā shōudào lùqǔ tōngzhīshū, dàngwǎn gāoxìng de méi shuìzháo. He received his admission letter and was too happy to sleep that night.

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