半夜 (bàn yè): meaning and stroke order

半夜 in our stories

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• 在陆远的大学里，一直有一个传说：半夜十二点，老音乐楼里的钢琴会自己响起来。

  zài Lù Yuǎn de dàxué lǐ yìzhí yǒu yí gè chuánshuō bànyè shí'èr diǎn lǎo yīnyuèlóu lǐ de gāngqín huì zìjǐ xiǎng qǐlai

  At Lu Yuan's university there had long been a legend: at midnight, the piano in the old music building played by itself.

  From the story The piano at midnight HSK 4

• 半夜，他被一阵轻轻的脚步声吵醒，一个穿白衣服的姑娘端着一杯茶站在他面前。

  bànyè tā bèi yí zhèn qīngqīng de jiǎobùshēng chǎoxǐng yí gè chuān bái yīfu de gūniang duān zhe yì bēi chá zhàn zài tā miànqián

  At midnight he was woken by soft footsteps: a girl in white stood before him holding a cup of tea.

  From the story The girl in the painting HSK 5

• 范楠最近总觉得胸口发闷。半夜睡不着，他在网上搜了一下症状，结果越看越害怕：心脏病、肺癌、焦虑症……每一种都“对”得上。

  Fàn Nán zuìjìn zǒng juéde xiōngkǒu fāmēn bànyè shuì bù zháo tā zài wǎngshang sōu le yíxià zhèngzhuàng jiéguǒ yuè kàn yuè hàipà xīnzàngbìng fèi'ái jiāolǜzhèng měi yì zhǒng dōu duì de shàng

  Fan Nan had been feeling a tightness in his chest. Unable to sleep one night, he searched his symptoms online, and the more he read the more frightened he became: heart disease, lung cancer, anxiety disorder… every one of them seemed to fit.

  From the story The bow's reflection in the cup HSK 7–9 · Level 7