连 lián
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 车 cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
连夜
liányè
overnight; through the night
Characters in this word
夜 yè
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 夕 — evening, night, dusk
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 山体滑坡阻断公路后，抢修队连夜清理落石，保证救援车辆通行。 Shāntǐ huápō zǔduàn gōnglù hòu, qiǎngxiūduì liányè qīnglǐ luòshí, bǎozhèng jiùyuán chēliàng tōngxíng. After a landslide blocked the road, the emergency repair team cleared fallen rocks through the night to ensure rescue vehicles could pass.
- 听说外婆生病了，他连夜坐火车赶回了家。 Tīngshuō wàipó shēngbìng le, tā liányè zuò huǒchē gǎn huí le jiā. Hearing that his grandmother was ill, he took a train home overnight.
- 为了赶在明天交稿，她连夜把文章改完了。 Wèile gǎn zài míngtiān jiāo gǎo, tā liányè bǎ wénzhāng gǎi wán le. To meet tomorrow's deadline, she finished revising the article through the night.
Related words
- 连 lián even; in a row
- 连忙 liánmáng hurriedly
- 连续 liánxù continuous; in a row
- 连续剧 liánxùjù television series
- 接连 jiēlián one after another
- 连接 liánjiē to connect
- 相连 xiānglián to be connected
- 接二连三 jiē'èrliánsān one after another; in succession
- 连贯 liánguàn to connect coherently; coherent
- 连连 liánlián again and again; repeatedly
- 连绵 liánmián continuous; stretching unbroken
- 连年 liánnián year after year; for successive years