yuán xiāo
Lantern Festival
night of the 15th of the first lunar month
see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4]
sticky rice dumplings
tōng xiāo
all night
throughout the night
Yuán xiāo jié
Lantern Festival, the final event of the Spring Festival 春節|春节, on 15th of first month of the lunar calendar
xiāo yè
midnight snack
late-night snack
tōng xiāo dá dàn
overnight until daybreak (idiom); all night long
day and night
lián xiāo
the same night
that very night
successive nights
liáng xiāo měi jǐng
fine evening, beautiful scenery (idiom)
xiāo zhēng
night journey
punitive expedition by night
yè xiāo r
erhua variant of 夜宵[ye4 xiao1]
xiāo yī gàn shí
to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
diligently attending to official matters