夙兴夜寐
sù xīng yè mèi · to rise early and sleep late (idiom); to work hard; to study diligently; to burn the candle at both ends
Character breakdown
Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.
How to learn 夙兴夜寐
Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.
When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.
Words with the same characters
Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.
happy; glad; willing (to do sth); in a cheerful mood
感兴趣gǎnxìngqùto be interested
兴趣xìngqùinterest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby; CL:個|个[ge4]
兴奋xīngfènexcited; excitement; (physiology) excitation
夜yènight; variant of 夜[ye4]
夜晚yèwǎnnight; CL:個|个[ge4]