当晚 dàngwǎn the same evening
How to remember 当晚: 当 act as + 晚 evening = the same evening.
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How it is used
- That same evening - 当晚就出发了 (dàngwǎn jiù chūfā le) set off that very night.
- Refers back to a specific evening already in context; written/narrative register.
- Reading here is dàngwǎn (with 当 as dàng, 'that/the same').