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夜猫子

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Collocation

1
改掉夜猫子的习惯
2
某人是夜猫子

Definition

夜猫子:

Literally means:

night owls

Actually means:

person who goes to bed late

It is a colloquial name for owl. It figuratively refers to those who enjoy night activities and go to bed late.

猫头鹰的俗称。比喻喜欢晚上活动,或很晚才睡觉的人。

Example

Used as subject, object or attributive. (作主语、宾语、定语)
1
men
我们
jiā
wéi
唯一
de
māozi
夜猫子
jiùshì
就是
de
大哥
  
,
guàn
习惯
áo
熬夜
  
,
dào
不到
liǎngdiǎnzhōng
两点钟
shì
huì
不会
shuìjiào
睡觉
de
  

The only night owl in our family is my big brother, who is used to staying up late and can't sleep until two o'clock.

2
Zhèxiē
这些
xuésheng
学生
dōu
shì
māozi
夜猫子
  
,
báitiān
白天
shàng
上课
shuì
打瞌睡
  
,
dào
wǎnshang
晚上
jiù
xīngfèn
兴奋
le
  

These students are night owls, dozing off in class during the day and excited at night.

3
Jiéhūn
结婚
hòu
以后
  
,
不得不
gǎidiào
改掉
le
māozi
夜猫子
de
guàn
习惯
  

After getting married, he had to change the habit of night owls.