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夜不归宿

yè bù guī sùdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
to stay out all night (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-b8818124b1008065. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

夜不歸宿 夜不归宿 [ye4 bu4 gui1 su4] /to stay out all night (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 夜不歸宿

  • 夜
    yè

    night

  • 不
    bù

    no / not so / (bound form) not / un-

  • 归
    guī

    to return / to go back to / to give back to / (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by / to belong to / to gather together / (used between two identical verbs) despite / to marry (of a woman) (old) / division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor

    Guī

    surname Gui

  • 宿
    sù

    lodge for the night / old / former

    xiǔ

    night / classifier for nights

    xiù

    constellation

    Sù

    surname Su

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