夜以继日 — Chinese idiom
夜以继日
yè yǐ jì rì
Traditional: 夜以繼日
Meaning
- night and day ; continuous strenuous effort
Character by character
- 夜yènight, dark; under cover of night
- 以yǐaccording to; so as to; because of; then
- 继jìto continue, to carry on; to succeed, to inherit
- 日rìsun; day; daytime
Idioms sharing a character
- 三更半夜 sān gēng bàn yè
- 俾夜作昼 bǐ yè zuò zhòu
- 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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