Once , i was on a retreat in a temple when , at midnight , about a dozen people came knocking at my door 有一天三更半夜，大概有十个人在外面敲门，我觉得怎么会有人这个时候敲门呢？
You are working well past midnight , the thesis turned into a maze and you constantly are tom between wanting to find the way out or in 你们工作到三更半夜，盘根错节的论文一再地让你们在找出解决方法还是一头钻进研究之间弄得进退两难。
Later , the government , a charity organization and some doctors decided to sneak into their houses in the middle of the night and vaccinate them by force 后来政府慈善机构和医生，决定三更半夜偷跑到他们的房子，把他们压下来强迫为他们打针。
After some time , in spite of what he was doing , be it cooking , washing , cleaning during the daytime , or even sleeping at night , the master would suddenly appear howling , with sword in hand , ready to duel with him 又过了一阵子以后，有时候三更半夜当那个徒弟在睡觉时，或是白天当他在煮饭擦地板洗厕所的时候，那位师父就突然拿着一把剑，从后面吼很大声突然冒出来，然后跟他对打。
After my initiation , i was placed in charge of the chiku center in tainan . one day at midnight , i was on my way to the washroom when i saw a stranger trying to open the gate . i asked him what he was doing , and he said that he was curious and wanted to take a look inside 有一次，三更半夜，想上洗手间，才走到大门口，看见一位陌生人在开门，我就问他要干什么，他说好奇想进去里面看看，我就告诉他这是私人的地方，不方便让他进来。
They work hard to get that extra basis point for those bond investments and bank deposits , and the extra tick in the price of the shares . they stay late in the office . they sometimes even get up in the middle of the night to check how their clients investments are doing overseas 他们为客人投资债券银行存款股票，为搏取一分半点的升值机会而努力，呆在写字楼超时工作迟迟不走，有时候更要三更半夜爬下床查看海外市场的最新行情。
The master used an uncommon method . he often attacked the disciple when the disciple was not prepared , like when he was cooking , bathing or sleeping at night . so the disciple had to be on constant alert , and later he became a very good and famous kendo master 那位师父用非正式的方式，拿着木剑出其不意地攻击那位徒弟，当徒弟在煮饭洗澡的时候，或是三更半夜在睡觉的时候，也在一旁攻击他，所以那位徒弟必须随时都保持防备心，后来就成为一位很厉害的剑师，很出名很出名！
