起早摸黑

Chinese

		to wake up early; early morning	to feel a way forward in the dark; to grope around looking for a way forward in the dark
trad. (起早摸黑)		起早	摸黑
simp. #(起早摸黑)		起早	摸黑

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qǐzǎomōhēi

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ ㄇㄛ ㄏㄟ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qǐzǎomōhēi [Phonetic: qízǎomōhēi]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧˇ ㄗㄠˇ ㄇㄛ ㄏㄟ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cǐzǎomohei
    • Wade–Giles: chʻi³-tsao³-mo¹-hei¹
    • Yale: chǐ-dzǎu-mwō-hēi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chiitzaomhohei
    • Palladius: цицзаомохэй (ciczaomoxɛj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵⁵ xeɪ̯⁵⁵/

Idiom

起早摸黑

1. to work from dawn to dusk; to burn the candle at both ends

Synonyms

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• 夙興夜寐 / 夙兴夜寐 (sùxīngyèmèi)
• 起早坐晏 (Hokkien)
• 起早坐暗 (Hokkien)
• 起早坐酉 (Hokkien)
• 起早摸暗 (Hokkien)
• 起早暝晏 (Puxian Min)
• 起早暝暗 (Puxian Min)
• 起早貪黑 / 起早贪黑 (qǐzǎomōhēi)
• 起早起晏 (Puxian Min)