bǐ zhòu zuò yèdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour
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Original source entry:

俾晝作夜 俾昼作夜 [bi3 zhou4 zuo4 ye4] /to make day as night (idiom, from Book of Songs); fig. to prolong one's pleasure regardless of the hour/

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