Usage of the character 夙
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夙
[夙]
- morning
- early
- long-held
- long-cherished
sùrì
夙日
[夙日]
- at ordinary times
sùshì
夙世
[夙世]
- previous life
sùyè
夙夜
[夙夜]
- morning and night
- always
- at all times
sùxián
夙嫌
[夙嫌]
- old grudge
- long-standing resentment
sùdí
夙敌
[夙敵]
- old foe
- long-standing enemy
sùnuò
夙诺
[夙諾]
- old promise
- long-standing commitment
sùyuàn
夙愿
[夙願]
- long-cherished wish
sùyuànyǐcháng
夙愿以偿
[夙願以償]
- a long-cherished ambition is realized
sùyèfěixiè
夙夜匪懈
[夙夜匪懈]
- to work from morning to night (idiom)
sùxīngyèmèi
夙兴夜寐
[夙興夜寐]
- to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard
- to study diligently
- to burn the candle at both ends
sùyuàndécháng
夙愿得偿
[夙願得償]
- to have a long-cherished wish realized