早出晚歸
zǎo​chū​wǎn​guī

to leave early and return late

  • created sense approved 早出晚归/早出晚歸 · zǎo​chū​wǎn​guī · to leave early and return late — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    早出晚归 / 早出晚歸

    zǎo​chū​wǎn​guī

    to leave early and return late

    to go out early in the morning and return late at night, usually to describe a busy person or hard work

    早 (literal) → 早 · zǎo · morning 出 (literal) → 出 · chū · to go out 晚 (literal) → 晚 · wǎn · evening 归 (literal) → 归/歸 · guī · to return

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense