凌晨

líng chénㄌㄧㄥˊ ㄔㄣˊ
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Meaning

Meanings

  1. 1

    very early in the morning

  2. 2

    in the wee hours

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你凌晨兩點才去睡覺嗎?難怪你今天看起來這麼沒精神了。

你凌晨兩點纔去睡覺嗎?難怪你今天看起來這麼沒精神了。

You went to bed at 2 o'clock in the morning? No wonder you look sleepy today.

过年吃饺子的习俗和中国古代的计时法有关:中国古代把每一天分为十二个时段,每天开始是子时,相当于晚上11点到凌晨1点。

過年喫餃子的習俗和中國古代的計時法有關:中國古代把每一天分爲十二個時段,每天開始是子時,相當於晚上11點到凌晨1點。

The custom of eating dumplings on New Year's Eve is related to an ancient Chinese method of measuring time; in ancient China, each day was divided into twelve sections: the beginning of each day was called 'first time', which corresponds to the period from 11pm to 1am.

我們聊到凌晨兩點。

We talked until two in the morning.

凶杀案于凌晨三到五点间发生。

兇殺案於凌晨三到五點間發生。

The murder happened between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m.