俾夜作昼 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• lit. to make night as day ; fig. to burn the midnight oil
• work especially hard

Character by character

• 俾bǐso that, in order that; to cause
• 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
• 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
• 昼zhòudaytime, daylight

Idioms sharing a character

• 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
• 夙夜匪懈 sù yè fěi xiè
• 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
• 夜不归宿 yè bù guī sù
• 夜不闭户 yè bù bì hù
• 夜以继日 yè yǐ jì rì
• 夜深人静 yè shēn rén jìng
• 夜行昼伏 yè xíng zhòu fú
• 夜郎自大 Yè láng zì dà
• 夜阑人静 yè lán rén jìng

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