宵衣旰食

宵衣旰食
xiāoyī-gànshí
[getting up before dawn and eating late-busy with state affairs] 天不亮就穿衣起床, 天晚了才吃饭, 形容工作繁忙而勤勉

宵衣旰食, 忧六宫之未安; 寒心销志, 惧一物之失所。 --唐·李世民《命皇太子监国诏》


Advanced Chinese dictionary. 2013.

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