俾昼作夜 in English bi3 zhou4 zuo4 ye4 Meaning

Meanings

  • to make day as night (idiomatic expression, from Book of Songs); metaphorically to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

Simplified Characters

俾 昼 作 夜

Traditional Characters

俾 晝 作 夜

Pinyin

bi3 zhou4 zuo4 ye4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

俾bi3to cause 昼zhou4daytime 作zuo4worker 夜ye4variant of 夜[ye4]