{"path":"/entry/26945","title":"夙兴夜寐 / 夙興夜寐 (sù xīng yè mèi) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"夙兴夜寐 / 夙興夜寐 (sù xīng yè mèi): to rise early and sleep late (idiom) · to work hard · to study diligently. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":26945,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["夙兴夜寐"],"TRADITIONAL":["夙興夜寐"]}},"phonetic":"sù xīng yè mèi","phoneticKey":"su4 xing1 ye4 mei4","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to rise early and sleep late ","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]},{"dim":true,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"(idiom)","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to work hard","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]},{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to study diligently","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]},{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to burn the candle at both ends","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[{"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["兴"],"TRADITIONAL":["興"]}},"phonetic":"xīng","primaryPhonetic":"xìng"}],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":null,"content":[{"type":"paragraph","text":{"simplified":"From the Classic of Poetry, poem 58 (《詩經·衞風·氓》)","traditional":null}}],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"三岁为妇，靡室劳矣。\n夙兴夜寐，靡有朝矣。","traditional":"三歲為婦，靡室勞矣。\n夙興夜寐，靡有朝矣。"},"phonetic":"Sān suì wéi fù, mǐ shì láo yǐ.\nSù xīng yè mèi, mǐ yǒu zhāo yǐ.","english":"For three years I was your wife, And thought nothing of my toil in your house.\nI rose early and went to sleep late, Not intermitting my labours for a morning.","ref":"The Classic of Poetry, c. 11ᵗʰ – 7ᵗʰ centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}