{"path":"/entry/68608","title":"焚膏继晷 / 焚膏繼晷 (fén gāo jì guǐ) — Chinese Dictionary | Flashbao","description":"焚膏继晷 / 焚膏繼晷 (fén gāo jì guǐ): to burn the midnight oil (idiom) · to work continuously night and day. Explore meanings, example sentences and vocabulary decks.","catalog":null,"deck":null,"entry":{"reading":{"id":68608,"orthography":{"forms":{"SIMPLIFIED":["焚膏继晷"],"TRADITIONAL":["焚膏繼晷"]}},"phonetic":"fén gāo jì guǐ","phoneticKey":"fen2 gao1 ji4 gui3","meanings":{"primary":[{"qualifier":null,"synonyms":[{"segments":[{"dim":false,"runs":[{"kind":"TEXT","text":"to burn the midnight oil ","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 continuously night and day","orthography":null,"phonetic":null,"phoneticKey":null,"readingId":null}]}]}]}],"additional":[],"notes":[],"variantMeanings":[]},"classifiers":[],"pos":["VERB"],"frequency":null,"grammar":[],"spokenPhonetic":null},"otherReadings":[],"examples":[],"carriedReadings":[],"constructions":[],"status":null,"due":null,"reps":null,"lapses":null,"lastReview":null,"senses":[],"origins":[{"literal":"to burn oil (candle) to lengthen the day","content":[],"examples":[{"text":{"simplified":"焚膏油以继晷，恒兀兀以穷年。","traditional":"焚膏油以繼晷，恆兀兀以窮年。"},"phonetic":"Fén gāoyóu yǐ jì guǐ, héng wùwù yǐ qióng nián.","english":"You burn the oil to lengthen the day, and you keep working hard the whole year long.","ref":"813, 韓愈 (Han Yu), 《進學解》"}],"senseScoped":false}],"decks":[{"id":27,"sourceName":"Chengyu","name":"Chengyu"}],"vocabularyScale":null,"vocabularyLevel":null}}