日出而作，日入而息
rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī
Pinyin

Definition

日出而作，日入而息
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rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī
  1. lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb)
  2. fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

今日
jīn rì
  1. 1 today
付出
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
休息
xiū xi
  1. 1 rest
  2. 2 to rest
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
信息
xìn xī
  1. 1 information
  2. 2 news
  3. 3 message

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一传十，十传百
yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi
  1. 1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
  2. 2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)
一则以喜，一则以忧
yī zé yǐ xǐ , yī zé yǐ yōu
  1. 1 happy on the one hand, but worried on the other (idiom)