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日出而作，日入而息

Mandarin · pinyin rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī

lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb)
fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life

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日: rì · sun; day; daytime
出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
而: ér · and; and then; and yet; but; Kangxi radical 126
作: zuò · make; work; compose, write; act, perform
入: rù · enter, come in(to), join
息: xī · rest, put stop to, end, cease

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