一夜之间

一夜之間
yīyèzhījiān
(lit. and fig.) overnight

CEDICT

overnight; over the space of one night

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 一夜 yīyè
  1. (literal, figurative) overnight
  2. overnight
2 之间 zhījiān
  1. (after a noun) between; among; amid
  2. (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间 tánzhǐzhījiān)

Related entries

隔夜 géyè
  1. overnight
  2. of the previous day
夕发朝至 xīfāzhāozhì
  1. to depart in the evening and arrive the next morning
  2. overnight (train)
通夜 tōngyè
  1. all through the night
  2. overnight
过夜 guòyè
  1. to spend the night
  2. overnight
他在读书中度过夜晚.

He spent the evening reading a book.

He spent the evening reading.

Source: Tatoeba

一朝一夕 yīzhāoyīxī
  1. lit. one morning and one evening (idiom)
  2. fig. in a short period of time
  3. overnight
英語不是一朝一夕就能學會的。

English cannot be mastered overnight.

Source: Tatoeba