起早贪黑
Traditional form:
起早貪黑
Pinyin (reading):
qǐzǎotānhēi
Definitions:
- to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late
Characters:
- 起 - to begin, to initiate; to rise, to stand up
- 早 - early; soon; morning
- 贪 - greedy, covetous; corrupt
- 黑 - black; dark; evil, sinister
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