长夜chángyè 1.漫长的黑夜{long night; eternal night};〈比喻fig.〉黑暗的日子{period of dark days}: ~难明{There seemed to be no end of the dark days.}|~漫漫。{long night; endless night} 2.通宵;整夜{all night; through the night}: ~不眠{sleepless all night long}|~之饮。{spend the whole night carousing}