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夙興夜寐
sù​xīng​yè​mèi

to work hard night and day

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 夙 sù
    early morning
    (bound form) early in the morning
  2. 兴 興 xīng
    to get up
    (literary) to get up; to rise from bed
  3. 夜 yè noun
    night
    the period between sunset and sunrise; evening; night; (classifier) used as a counter for nights or evenings
  4. 寐 mèi verb
    to sleep
    (literary, bound form) to sleep; to fall asleep; often used in contrast with 寤 wù