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Definition
- Noun:
- Night: The period of darkness between sunset and sunrise, when the sun is below the horizon.
- Nighttime: A specific point or period during this dark time, often late at night.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Bầu trời đêm đầy sao. (The night sky is full of stars.)
- Chúng tôi thức đến nửa đêm. (We stayed up until midnight.)
- Đêm nay trời rất lạnh. (Tonight the weather is very cold.)
Advanced Usage
"Đêm hôm": Emphasizes the entire night or a particular night.
- Đêm hôm đó, tôi không thể ngủ được. (That night, I couldn't sleep.)
"Khuya đêm": Very late at night.
- Tiếng động lạ vang lên lúc khuya đêm. (A strange noise sounded late at night.)
Variants and Related Words
Nửa đêm (n): Midnight.
- Đồng hồ điểm mười hai giờ nửa đêm. (The clock struck twelve midnight.)
Đêm khuya (n): The late hours of the night.
- Làm việc xuyên đêm khuya rất mệt. (Working through the late night is very tiring.)
Synonyms
- Night: The dark period of a full day.
- Nighttime: The time when it is dark.
Related Idioms
Cày đêm: To work or study very late into the night (literally: to plow at night).
- Sắp thi nên sinh viên phải cày đêm. (Exams are coming, so students have to burn the midnight oil.)
Đêm dài lắm mộng: A long night brings many dreams (implying that a long period of uncertainty leads to many worries or thoughts).
- Chờ kết quả, đêm dài lắm mộng. (Waiting for the results, the long night is filled with anxious dreams.)