挑燈夜戰 tiǎo dēng yè zhàn

to burn the midnight oil

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to burn the midnight oil
  2. 2. to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night

Characters

Character Meaning
to choose; to pick; to nitpick
light; lamp; lantern
night; variant of
to fight; fight; battle