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夜以繼日

简 夜以继日 · 繁 夜以繼日
Mandarin · pinyin yè yǐ jì rì

Meanings

  1. night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort
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夜
yè · night, dark; in night; by night
以
yǐ · by means of; thereby, therefore; consider as; in order to
繼
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日
rì · sun; day; daytime
继
jì · continue, maintain, carry on
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4–3–4–4 · ye4 yi3 ji4 ri4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

je6 ji5 gai3 jat6

Cantonese word readings for 夜以繼日. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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je6 ji5 gai3 jat6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) day and night; round the clock

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