Definition
入夜 is a formal/literary verb meaning 'night falls.' It is a verb-object compound (离合词): the verb 入 can separate from 夜 with 了, as in 入了夜 ('once night has fallen'). You'll encounter it in descriptive narrative writing, weather reports, and literary passages.
v.o.
night fallsas night approaches
Examples
- 入夜，。rù yè hòu, qìwēn jiàngdī le hěn duō.After night falls, the temperature drops a lot.
- 入夜，。Měitiān rù yè hòu, jiē shàng jiù ānjìng le.Every day after nightfall, the streets become quiet.
- ，。Rù le yè, chéngshì cái zhēnzhèng ānjìng xiàlái.Once night falls, the city truly becomes quiet.
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