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Open the tool →向明而治 (xiàng míng ér zhì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to start managing affairs at dawn”.
向明而治 is pronounced xiàng míng ér zhì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 向明而治 means “Govern at dawn”. It is used to mean “to start managing affairs at dawn”.
向明:天将亮;治:治理。天刚亮就开始治事。形容勤于政事