








早朝晏退 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to rise early and retire late, diligently attending to one's duties”. To work from dawn till dusk. Literally, “early court, late retreat”.

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Open the tool →早朝晏退 (zǎo cháo yàn tuì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to rise early and retire late, diligently attending to one's duties”.
早朝晏退 is pronounced zǎo cháo yàn tuì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 早朝晏退 means “early court, late retreat”. It is used to mean “to rise early and retire late, diligently attending to one's duties”.
晏:迟,晚。指君主与群臣很早上朝处理政事,很晚才退朝。形容勤于政事