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开夜车

kāi yèchē

“To burn the midnight oil” in Chinese is 开夜车 (kāi yèchē).

Meaning

  • to burn the midnight oil
  • to work late into the night

Example

他老是开夜车。

He always sits up late at night.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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