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to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom) · diligently attending to official matters

宵衣旰食
xiāo yī gàn shí
Idiom
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Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
lit. to hold one's hair and spit out food (idiom) · fig. to be eager to recruit talented people and treat them with respect; to be diligent in state affairs握发吐哺wò fā tǔ bǔbusy with a myriad of affairs every day · attend to numerous affairs of state every day · be occupied with a myriad of state affairs日理万机rì lǐ wàn jī(lit.) to sleep on brushwood and taste gall (like King Goujian of Yue, in order to recall one's humiliations) (idiom) · (fig.) to maintain one's resolve for revenge卧薪尝胆wò xīn cháng dǎn
Antonyms
as if drunk or entranced (idiom); leading a befuddled existence · in a drunken stupor醉生梦死zuì shēng mèng sǐto idle about游手好闲yóu shǒu hào xiánsatisfied just to get through (idiom); to muddle through · without high ambitions, but getting by得过且过dé guò qiě guò
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