焚膏继晷 féngāojìguǐ to burn the midnight oil Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 焚膏继晷 焚膏繼晷 féngāojìguǐ to burn the midnight oil To work or study diligently day and night without stopping. Literally means to burn oil for light to continue when the sun sets. Frequency Written text 0.010 per million Cross-References Synonym 夜以继日 yèyǐjìrì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
焚膏继晷 焚膏繼晷 féngāojìguǐ to burn the midnight oil To work or study diligently day and night without stopping. Literally means to burn oil for light to continue when the sun sets. Frequency Written text 0.010 per million Cross-References Synonym 夜以继日 yèyǐjìrì Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
