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The word 昨晚 is formed by directly combining two conceptual characters: 昨, which means "yesterday", and 晚, which means "evening" or "night". Together, they create a single, compact unit that literally means "yesterday night", or "last night", forming through the common Chinese method of constructing time-related nouns by sequentially specifying the larger timeframe (yesterday) followed by the subdivision of that timeframe (evening).

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昨晚下雨了。

Zuó wǎn xià yǔ le.

Last night it rained.

昨晚我早睡了。

Zuó wǎn wǒ zǎo shuì le.

Last night I slept early.

昨晚我们吃了晚餐。

Zuó wǎn wǒ men chī le wǎn cān.

Last night we had dinner.

昨晚因为工作,我回家很晚。

Zuó wǎn yīn wèi gōng zuò, wǒ huí jiā hěn wǎn.

Last night because of work, I came home very late.

昨晚我不仅完成了作业,还预习了今天的课程。

Zuó wǎn wǒ bù jǐn wán chéng le zuò yè, hái yù xí le jīn tiān de kè chéng.

Last night I not only finished my homework, but also previewed today's lessons.

Word Definition - 昨晚

zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night

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