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宵衣旰食 (siu1 ji1 gon3 sik6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

宵衣旰食 (siu1 ji1 gon3 sik6, xiāo yī gàn shí) — to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom); diligently attending to official matters

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

Related words

• 宵 (siu1) — night; evening; dark
• 宵夜 (siu1 je6) — midnight snack; late-night snack
• 宵征 (siu1 zing1) — night journey; punitive expedition by night
• 宵禁 (siu1 gam3) — night curfew
• 兆康 (siu6 hong1) — Siu Hong, one of the Light Rail stops in Hong Kong
• 兆麟苑 (siu6 leon4 jyun2) — Siu Lun Court, a public housing estate in New Territories, Hong Kong

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