起早貪黑

起早贪黑
qǐzǎomōhēi

to work from dawn to dusk; to burn the candle at both ends

Wiktionary

Homographs

起早貪黑 qǐzǎotānhēi to be industrious, rising early and going to bed late

Entry Composition

1 起早 qǐzǎo to wake up early
2 貪 tān
  1. to have a voracious desire for
  2. to covet
  3. greedy
  4. corrupt
=3 黑 Hēi abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龍江 Hēilóngjiāng
=3 黑 hēi
  1. black
  2. dark
  3. sinister
  4. secret
  5. shady
  6. illegal
  7. to hide (sth) away
  8. to vilify
  9. (loanword) to hack (computing)