焚膏繼晷

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Chinese

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burn ointment; paste
to continue; to follow after; then
to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit
 
sunlight; time; sundial
trad. (焚膏繼晷)
simp. (焚膏继晷)
anagram 繼晷焚膏继晷焚膏
Literally: “to burn oil (candle) to lengthen the day”.

Etymology

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兀兀 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
兀兀 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 813, 韓愈 (Han Yu), 進學解
Fén gāoyóu yǐ jì guǐ, héng wùwù yǐ qióng nián. [Pinyin]
You burn the oil to lengthen the day, and you keep working hard the whole year long.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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焚膏繼晷

  1. to burn the midnight oil

Synonyms

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