tōng xiāo dá dàn

Traditional: 通宵達旦

通宵达旦 (tōng xiāo dá dàn) is a Chinese word meaning “overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long; day and night”.

Meanings

  1. 1overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
  2. 2day and night

Characters in 通宵达旦

通tōng · to go through宵xiāo · night达dá · to attain旦dàn · (literary) dawn; daybreak

Related words

通过to pass through; to get through一旦in case (sth happens)通知to notify通to go through通classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc)达to attain达surname Da通常regular; usual; normal到达to reach; to arrive普通common表达to express; to convey达到to reach; to achieve; to attain

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