早出晚归 — Chinese idiom

Meaning

• to leave early and return late

Character by character

• 早zǎoearly; soon; morning
• 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
• 晚wǎnnight, evening; late
• 归guīto return, to go back; to return to, to revert

Idioms sharing a character

• 英年早逝 yīng nián zǎo shì
• 仓皇出逃 cāng huáng chū táo
• 倾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū
• 出乎意外 chū hū yì wài
• 出乎意料 chū hū yì liào
• 出乎预料 chū hū yù liào
• 出人意外 chū rén yì wài
• 出人意料 chū rén yì liào
• 出人头地 chū rén tóu dì
• 出其不意 chū qí bù yì

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