Chinese phrase
昨夜附近的〜突然都不亮了 zuó yè fù jìn de 〜 tū rán dōu bú liàng le
Meaning
All the nearby ___ suddenly went dark last night
When to use it
Says that all nearby lights went dark the previous night. The affected item can be a light, signal, or similar device. It gives a factual report of a sudden local outage.
Example dialogue
昨夜附近的路口信号灯突然都不亮了。 zuó yè fù jìn de lù kǒu xìn hào dēng tū rán dōu bú liàng le
All the traffic lights at the nearby intersection suddenly went out last night.
难怪今天早上路上那么堵，后来修好了吗？ nán guài jīn tiān zǎo shàng lù shàng nà me dǔ hòu lái xiū hǎo le ma
No wonder the roads were so jammed this morning. Were they repaired later?