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English

  1. working into the night (spoken)
  2. to work late into the night; to burn the midnight oil

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 夜晚嘅時候做嘢,特別指返工

Examples

  • 佢成日都開夜車。

    He always sits up late at night.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 他老是开夜车。

    He always sits up late at night.

    Tatoeba · sirpoot CC BY

  • 訂單太多,老闆話呢個禮拜都要開夜趕工喎!

    There are too many orders to handle, so the boss said we all have to work late into the night this week.

Sources: cc-canto, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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