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焚膏继晷
fén​gāo​jì​guǐ

to burn the midnight oil

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
焚膏继晷 焚膏繼晷 fén​gāo​jì​guǐ
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 yè​yǐ​jì​rì

Sources

Frequency data
BCC Corpus (BLCU)
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