to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night; to burn the midnight oil
trad. 挑燈夜戰
Also written 挑燈夜戰【tiǎo dēng yè zhàn】
Characters in this word
4挑
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to carry on a shoulder pole, to choose, to pick, to nitpick
- Pinyin
- tiāo
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2886 of 2500
灯
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lamp, light, lantern, CL:盞|盏[zhan3]
- Pinyin
- dēng
- Traditional
- 燈
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 3264 of 2500
夜
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variant of 夜[ye4]
- Pinyin
- yè
- Traditional
- 亱
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4459 of 2500
战
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to fight, fight, war, battle
- Pinyin
- zhàn
- Traditional
- 戰
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 8382 of 2500