夙夜在公

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Chinese

(located) at; in; exist
(located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing
 
just; honourable; public
just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
 
trad. (夙夜在公) 夙夜
simp. #(夙夜在公) 夙夜

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 13 (《詩經·召南·采蘩》):

夙夜在公
[Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
夙夜在公
[Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
Bèi zhī tóngtóng, sùyè zài gōng.
Bèi zhī qíqí, bó yán hái guī.
With head-dress reverently rising aloft, Early, while yet it is night, she is in the prince's temple;
In her dead-dress, slowly retiring, She returns to her own apartments.

Pronunciation


Idiom

夙夜在公

  1. attentively carry out official business at all times