"夙興夜寐" meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Chinese]

IPA: /su⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sʊk̚⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ jɛː²² mei̯²²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /su⁵¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵ jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ meɪ̯⁵¹/, /sʊk̚⁵ hɪŋ⁵⁵ jɛː²² mei̯²²/ Chinese transliterations: sùxīngyèmèi [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄙㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥ ㄧㄝˋ ㄇㄟˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], suk¹ hing¹ je⁶ mei⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], sùxīngyèmèi [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], sùsingyèmèi [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], su⁴-hsing¹-yeh⁴-mei⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], sù-syīng-yè-mèi [Mandarin, Yale], suhshingyehmey [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], сусинъемэй [Mandarin, Palladius], susinʺjemɛj [Mandarin, Palladius], sūk hīng yeh meih [Cantonese, Yale], suk⁷ hing¹ je⁶ mei⁶ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sug¹ hing¹ yé⁶ méi⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization], sjuwk xing yaeH mjijH [Middle-Chinese], /*[s]uk qʰ(r)əŋ [ɢ]Ak-s mi[t]-s/ [Baxter-Sagart, Old-Chinese], /*suɡ qʰɯŋ laːɡs mids/ [Old-Chinese, Zhengzhang] Forms: 夙兴夜寐
Etymology: From the Classic of Poetry, poem 58 (《詩經·衞風·氓》) Etymology templates: {{lang|zh|(《詩經·衞風·氓》)}} (《詩經·衞風·氓》) Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 夙興夜寐
  1. to work hard night and day; to burn the candle at both ends Wikipedia link: Classic of Poetry Tags: idiomatic
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