汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 夜闌人靜
夜闌人靜 (夜阑人静)
the still of the night (idiom) / late at night
夜阑 Night will / At night, the time is quiet
夜阑夜将尽。夜深人静的时候。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

夜阑人静,听得到美。

Beauty is heard. In the night.

夜阑人静,我们在海里游泳。

In the stillness of the night we swam in the sea.

天很黑,星很繁,夜阑人静

The sky was dark, stars were twinkling high above, night was reigning, and everything was sunk in silken silence.

到了夜阑人静的时刻,在这座巨人的屋子里,除了老鼠,什么动静也没有。

And then came the deadest hour of the night and nothing stirred but mice in the house of the giants.