夙兴夜寐
夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi
to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard; to study diligently; to burn the candle at both ends
verbidiom
Traditional: 夙興夜寐
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- (verb, idiom) to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
- to study diligently
- to burn the candle at both ends
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Related Words
俾夜作昼(bǐ yè zuò zhòu)— lit. to make night as day (idiom); fig. to burn the midnight oil
→只要功夫深，铁杵磨成针(zhǐ yào gōng fu shēn , tiě chǔ mó chéng zhēn)— If you work at it hard enough, you can grind an iron bar into a needle.
→蜡烛两头烧(là zhú liǎng tóu shāo)— to burn the candle at both ends (idiom)
→一人得道，鸡犬升天(yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān)— lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
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