俾晝作夜 bǐ zhòu zuò yè

DEFINITIONS

  1. to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour

CHARACTERS

俾 bǐ so that, in order that; to cause; (Cant.) to give (synonymous with Mandarin 給)
晝 zhòu daytime, daylight
作 zuò make; work; compose, write; act, perform
夜 yè night, dark; in night; by night