解釋◎ 打更 dǎgēng
[sound the night watches;patrol the streets at night and announce the watches] 舊時打梆子或敲鑼巡夜報時(一夜分爲五更,每更約兩小時)
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國語辭典舊時把一夜分做五更,每到一更,巡夜者敲鑼擊梆以報時,稱為「打更」。如:「北方有些城市仍然保有打更的傳統,從晚上八時起至隔日清晨四時止。」近擊柝
英語 to sound the night watches (on clappers or gongs, in former times)
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