夙夜匪懈 — Chinese idiom
夙夜匪懈
sù yè fěi xiè
Meaning
- to work from morning to night
Character by character
- 夙sùdawn, early in the morning; previous; long-held
- 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
- 匪fěibandits, robbers, gangsters
- 懈xièidle, relaxed; negligent, remiss
Idioms sharing a character
- 夙兴夜寐 sù xīng yè mèi
- 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu
- 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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