all is quiet at dead of night

all is quiet at dead of night

In the dead of night, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y è sh ē NR é NJ ì ng, which means there is no sound at night, very quiet. It comes from the eighteen pictures of Hu Jia by Cai Yan of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Han Caiyan's "Hu Jia 18 Pai" said: "in the deeper night, I dream that you will come."

Idiom usage

Ming Shi Naian's "Water Margin" Chapter 112 "Lu Junyi divided his troops to Xuanzhou Road, song Gongming fought against piling county" that night, Jin Jie wrote a private book, tied to the arrow, waiting for the dead of night, watching the passers-by outside the west gate shooting down. In Ming Dynasty, Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan: "people are quiet in the night; why knock at the door?" In Volume 17 of the first book of amazing stories: "in the dead of night, it's better for women to do good deeds." Hongsheng's song stealing from the palace of eternal life in the Qing Dynasty: after hearing the early watch of the high moon, the strings were singing together. Just like forbidden wall, in the dead of night, Cheng Cong should be together. Chapter 26 of Li Baojia's Officialdom: when the night is quiet, a man sneaks into the black starling house to discuss with Starling, and asks starling to do something for him.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms quiet at night, midnight, all sounds are quiet antonyms gongs and drums noisy, busy, boiling