夜長夢多

夜长梦多
yèchángmèngduō
  1. (figurative) if a situation drags on, something unfavourable may happen
  2. if a situation drags on, something unfavourable may happen

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Entry Composition

=1 夜 yè variant of 夜 yè
=1 夜 yè night
=2 長 cháng
  1. long
  2. (bound form) length
  3. (bound form) strong point; forte
  4. (bound form) to be good at
  5. (literary) surplus; spare (Taiwan pr. zhàng)
=2 長 zhǎng
  1. chief
  2. head
  3. elder
  4. to grow
  5. to develop
  6. to increase
  7. to enhance
=2 長 zhàng
  1. (archaic) length; measure of length
  2. length; measure of length
3 夢 mèng (bound form) to dream

classifiers: 場, 個
4 多 duō
  1. many; much; more; a lot of
  2. too many; in excess
  3. (after a numeral) ... odd
  4. how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. duó)
  5. (bound form) multi-; poly-