








蚤朝晏退 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to begin work early in the morning and finish late at night”. To be diligent in one's duties from dawn till dusk. Literally, “Early morning, late retreat”.

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Open the tool →蚤朝晏退 (zǎo cháo yàn tuì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to begin work early in the morning and finish late at night”.
蚤朝晏退 is pronounced zǎo cháo yàn tuì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 蚤朝晏退 means “Early morning, late retreat”. It is used to mean “to begin work early in the morning and finish late at night”.
朝:上朝;晏:晚。清早去上朝,很晚才结束。形容古代一些帝王勤于政事。