Chinese–English

挑灯夜战

tiǎo dēng yè zhàn · tiao deng ye zhan

Traditional 挑燈夜戰

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. to raise a lantern and fight at night (idiom); fig. to work into the night
  2. to burn the midnight oil
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