起居作息 — Chinese idiom
起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī
Meaning
- lit. rising and lying down, working and resting
- fig. everyday life; daily routine; to go about one's daily life
Character by character
- 起qǐto begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 居jūto live, to reside; to dwell; to sit
- 作zuòto make; to write, to compose; to act, to perform
- 息xīto end, to cease, to put a stop to; pause, breath,
Idioms sharing a character
- 一病不起 yī bìng bù qǐ
- 另起炉灶 lìng qǐ lú zào
- 大起大落 dà qǐ dà luò
- 崛地而起 jué dì ér qǐ
- 平地起家 píng dì qǐ jiā
- 后起之秀 hòu qǐ zhī xiù
- 后院起火 hòu yuàn qǐ huǒ
- 思潮起伏 sī cháo qǐ fú
- 承上起下 chéng shàng qǐ xià
- 投袂而起 tóu mèi ér qǐ
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