深更半夜

Traditional form:

深更半夜

Pinyin (reading):

shēngēngbànyè

Definitions:

• in the dead of night (idiom)

Characters:

• 深 - deep, profound; depth
• 更 - more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night

Traditional characters:

• 深 - deep, profound; depth
• 更 - more, further; to shift, to alternate; to modify
• 半 - half; semi-, incomplete
• 夜 - night, dark; under cover of night