起早贪黑 qǐzǎotānhēi to work from dawn to dusk Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 起早 qǐzǎo verb + adjective to get up early to rise early; to get up especially early贪黑 貪黑 tānhēi work late into the night to work or stay up late into the night; to keep at something until after dark