焚膏继晷 — Chinese idiom
焚膏继晷
fén gāo jì guǐ
Traditional: 焚膏繼晷
Meaning
- to burn the midnight oil ; to work continuously night and day
Character by character
- 焚fénto burn
- 膏gāogrease, fat; ointment, paste
- 继jìto continue, to carry on; to succeed, to inherit
- 晷guǐthe sun's shadow; sundial; time
Idioms sharing a character
- 心急如焚 xīn jí rú fén
- 玉石俱焚 yù shí jù fén
- 玩火自焚 wán huǒ zì fén
- 芝焚蕙叹 zhī fén huì tàn
- 兰艾同焚 lán ài tóng fén
- 民脂民膏 mín zhī mín gāo
- 泉石膏肓 quán shí gāo huāng
- 病入膏肓 bìng rù gāo huāng
- 膏粱子弟 gāo liáng zǐ dì
- 前仆后继 qián pū hòu jì
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