焚膏繼晷

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Chinese

burn ointment; paste
to continue; to follow after; then
to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit
 
sunlight; time; sundial
trad. (焚膏繼晷)
simp. (焚膏继晷)
anagram 繼晷焚膏继晷焚膏
Literally: “to burn oil (candle) to lengthen the day”.

Etymology

兀兀 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
兀兀 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
From: 813, 韓愈 (Han Yu), 進學解
Fén gāoyóu yǐ jì guǐ, héng wùwù yǐ qióng nián.
You burn the oil to lengthen the day, and you keep working hard the whole year long.

Pronunciation


Idiom

焚膏繼晷

  1. to burn the midnight oil

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