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一夜之间 (yī yè zhī jiān): meaning and stroke order

一夜之间 (yī yè zhī jiān) means (lit. and fig.) overnight.

一夜之间

Simplified
一夜之间
Traditional
一夜之間
Pinyin
yī yè zhī jiān

Stroke order of 一夜之间

一

  • yī one; single
  • 1 stroke

Stroke by stroke

夜

  • yè variant of 夜[ye4]
  • yè night
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 亱

Stroke by stroke

之

  • zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]); him
  • 3 strokes

Stroke by stroke

间

  • jiān between; among
  • jiàn gap; to separate
  • 7 strokes
  • Traditional form: 間

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 一夜之间

  1. yī yè zhī jiān Traditional 一夜之間
    • (lit. and fig.) overnight

Radicals of the characters

一
Radical 一 (Kangxi radical 1) · 1 stroke
夜
Radical 夕 (Kangxi radical 36) · 8 strokes
之
Radical 丿 (Kangxi radical 4) · 4 strokes
间
Radical 门 (Kangxi radical 169) in its simplified form · 7 strokes · built from 门 and 日

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

一夜之间 in our stories

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  • 临死前，他把手中的木杖用力一扔。木杖落地的地方，一夜之间长出了一片桃林，绵延几百里。

    línsǐ qián tā bǎ shǒu zhōng de mùzhàng yònglì yì rēng mùzhàng luò dì de dìfang yíyèzhījiān zhǎng chū le yí piàn táolín miányán jǐbǎi lǐ

    Before he died he flung away his wooden staff with all his strength. Where it landed, a peach grove sprang up overnight, stretching for hundreds of li.

    From the story Kuafu chases the sun HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 一夜之间

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).