旰食宵衣
gàn​shí​xiāo​yī

diligent in work

  • created reference approved 旰食宵衣 → 宵衣旰食 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旰食宵衣 gàn​shí​xiāo​yī

    宵衣旰食 xiāo​yī​gàn​shí

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 旰食宵衣 · gàn​shí​xiāo​yī · diligent in work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    旰食宵衣

    gàn​shí​xiāo​yī

    diligent in work

    (idiom) to eat late and get dressed before dawn, describing someone who is extremely busy with official duties or working very hard

    旰食 (literal) → 旰食 · gàn​shí · diligent in work 宵衣 (literal) → 宵衣 · xiāo​yī · to dress before dawn

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

    created sense