起早摸黑
qǐ​zǎo​mō​hēi

to work from dawn to dusk

  • created reference approved 起早摸黑 → 起早贪黑/起早貪黑 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    起早摸黑 qǐ​zǎo​mō​hēi

    起早贪黑 / 起早貪黑 qǐ​zǎo​tān​hēi

    synonym

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  • created sense approved 起早摸黑 · qǐ​zǎo​mō​hēi · to work from dawn to dusk — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    起早摸黑

    qǐ​zǎo​mō​hēi

    to work from dawn to dusk

    To be very industrious; rising early and going to bed late to work.

    起早 (literal) → 起早 · qǐ​zǎo · to get up early 摸黑 (literal) → 摸黑 · mō​hēi · to grope in the dark

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

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