作息
zuò xī
Pinyin

Definition

作息
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zuò xī
  1. to work and rest

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
作
zuō
  1. 1 worker
  2. 2 workshop
  3. 3 (slang) troublesome
  4. 4 high-maintenance (person)
作品
zuò pǐn
  1. 1 work (of art)
  2. 2 opus
  3. 3 classifier: 部 bù
  4. 4 classifier: 篇 piān
作业
zuò yè
  1. 1 school assignment
  2. 2 homework
  3. 3 work
  4. 4 task
  5. 5 operation
  6. 6 classifier: 个 gè
  7. 7 to operate
作为
zuò wéi
  1. 1 one's conduct
  2. 2 deed
  3. 3 activity
  4. 4 accomplishment
  5. 5 achievement
  6. 6 to act as
  7. 7 as (in the capacity of)
  8. 8 qua
  9. 9 to view as
  10. 10 to look upon (sth as)
  11. 11 to take sth to be

Idioms (20)

以身作则
yǐ shēn zuò zé
  1. 1 to set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
仰人鼻息
yǎng rén bí xī
  1. 1 to rely on others for the air one breathes (idiom); to depend on sb's whim for one's living
作威作福
zuò wēi zuò fú
  1. 1 tyrannical abuse (idiom); riding roughshod over people
作茧自缚
zuò jiǎn zì fù
  1. 1 to spin a cocoon around oneself (idiom); enmeshed in a trap of one's own devising
  2. 2 hoist by his own petard
作鸟兽散
zuò niǎo shòu sàn
  1. 1 lit. scatter like birds and beasts (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to head off in various directions
  3. 3 to flee helter-skelter

Sample Sentences

老赵啊，按着;您上回的养生建议，调整了作息时间之后，我的睡眠质量确实提升不少；睡眠充足了，精神也越发矍铄，工作效率极高，真是良性循环。
Lǎo Zhào ā ，àn zhe ;nín shànghuí de yǎngshēng jiànyì ，tiáozhěng le zuò shíjiān zhīhòu ，wǒ de shuìmián zhìliàng quèshí tíshēng bùshǎo ；shuìmián chōngzú le ，jīngshén yě yuèfā juéshuò ，gōngzuò xiàolǜ jígāo ，zhēn shì liángxìng xúnhuán 。
Lao Zhao, going along with the health suggestions you gave me last time I adjusted my rest and work patterns and it's really improved my quality of sleep; Now I'm getting enough sleep, my psychological state is getting better and better, and I'm extremely efficient at work. It really is a virtuous cycle.
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哪能啊，您真是说笑了，重视睡眠，调整作息，除此以外还有什么简单有效的养生法啊？
nǎnéng ā ，nín zhēn shì shuōxiào le ，zhòngshì shuìmián ，tiáozhěng zuòxī ，chúcǐyǐwài háiyǒu shénme jiǎndān yǒuxiào de yǎngshēng fǎ ā ？
Not at all. You really must be kidding me. Except for making sure to get enough sleep and adjusting your work and rest patterns, what other simple but effective health tips are there?
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嗨，不提还好，一提就是一把辛酸泪啊，目前市场竞争太激烈，年初成立公司以后，我的作息规律就完全给打破了，头发都愁白了。
hāi ，bùtí hái hǎo ，yī tí jiùshì yī bǎ xīnsuānlèi ā ，mùqián shìchǎng jìngzhēng tài jīliè ，nián chū chénglì gōngsī yǐhòu ，wǒ de zuòxí guīlǜ jiù wánquán gěi dǎpò le ，tóufa dōu chóubái le 。
Hey, don't bring it up or you'll make me cry. The competition on the market is pretty fierce. After starting a company at the start of the year, now my work life balance is completely messed up and my hair is already going grey.
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你不知道，你外公现在说话语无伦次，脾气也很坏，动不动就骂人。而且动作也不协调，经常摔跤。作息时间也是日夜颠倒，他整夜不睡，我和你爸爸晚上也睡不好。我们白天又要上班，真是太累了。
nǐ bù zhīdào ，nǐ wàigōng xiànzài shuōhuà yǔwúlúncì ，píqì yě hěn huài ，dòng bu dòng jiù màrén 。érqiě dòngzuò yě bù xiétiáo ，jīngcháng shuāijiāo 。zuòxī shíjiān yě shì rìyè diāndào ，tā zhěng yè bù shuì ，wǒ hé nǐ bàba wǎnshang yě shuìbuhǎo 。wǒmen báitiān yòu yào shàngbān ，zhēn shì tài lèi le 。
You don’t understand, your grandfather’s speech is incoherent now, and he’s really irritable, he shouts at people over the slightest thing. His movements aren’t coordinated and he falls over all the time. His sleep patterns are all messed up as well, he sleeps all day and doesn’t sleep at all at night, so your dad and I can’t get enough sleep. We both have to work during the day, it’s exhausting.
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哎！这种病已经越来越年轻化了。各种各样的环境污染，工作压力大，生活作息不规律等因素都对健康造成了极大的危害。前两天我看一篇报道上说，现在白血病的发病率逐年上升，其中一半的患者是儿童。那么一丁点儿大的人，却要承受化疗的折磨，真作孽啊！
ai ！zhèzhǒng bìng yǐjīng yuèláiyuè niánqīnghuà le 。gèzhǒng gèyàng de huánjìng wūrǎn ，gōngzuò yālì dà ，shēnghuó zuòxī bù guīlǜ děng yīnsù dōu duì jiànkāng zàochéng le jí dà de wēihài 。qián liǎng tiān wǒ kàn yī piān bàodào shàng shuō ，xiànzài báixuèbìng de fābìnglǜ zhúnián shàngshēng ，qízhōng yībàn de huànzhě shì értóng 。nàme yīdīngdiǎnr dà de rén ，què yào chéngshòu huàliáo de zhémó ，zhēn zuòniè a ！
Agh! Cancer affects people earlier and earlier. All kinds of pollution, pressure at work, irregular schedules - all of these factors are extremely harmful to people's health. The other day I read a news report that said there are more and more cases of leukemia every year - and that half of them are children. Such young kids having to endure the pain of chemotherapy - it's just wrong!
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