起早贪黑

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

CEDICT

起得早，睡得晚。形容人工作勤奋。

重編國語辭典

从早到晚地工作

維基詞典

Homographs

起早贪黑 qǐzǎomōhēi

Entry Composition

1 起早 qǐzǎo to wake up early
2 贪 tān
  1. to have a voracious desire for
  2. to covet
  3. greedy
  4. corrupt
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)