起早起晏

Chinese

to wake up early; early morning to rise; to raise; to get up late; quiet
trad. (起早起晏) 起早
simp. #(起早起晏) 起早

Pronunciation


  • Puxian Min
    • (Xianyou)
      • Pouseng Ping'ing: ki3 zor3 ki3 uann4 [Phonetic: ki5 lor3 ki5 uann4]
      • Sinological IPA (key): /kʰi³³²⁻²¹ (t͡s-)lɒ³³² kʰi³³²⁻²¹ ũã⁴²/

Idiom

起早起晏

  1. (Xianyou Puxian Min) to work hard night and day; to burn the candle at both ends

Synonyms

References

  • 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “起早起晏”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 320.