夙夜匪懈

Chinese

		morning and night; day and night; always morning and night; day and night; always; all the time	bandit; not	lax; negligent
trad. (夙夜匪懈)		夙夜	匪	懈
simp. ^#(夙夜匪懈)		夙夜	匪	懈

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 260 (《詩經·大雅·烝民》):

既明且哲，以保其身。
夙夜匪解，以事一人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jì míng qiě zhé, yǐ bǎo qí shēn.
Sùyè fěi xiè, yǐ shì yīrén. [Pinyin]

Intelligent is he and wise, Protecting his own person.
Never idle, day or night, In the service of the One man.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): sùyèfěixiè

(Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ je⁶ fei² haai⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: sùyèfěixiè
  - Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: sùyèfěisiè
  - Wade–Giles: su⁴-yeh⁴-fei³-hsieh⁴
  - Yale: sù-yè-fěi-syè
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhyehfeeishieh
  - Palladius: суефэйсе (sujefɛjse)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: suk¹ je⁶ fei² haai⁶
  - Yale: sūk yeh féi haaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ je⁶ fei² haai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ yé⁶ féi² hai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ jɛː²² fei̯³⁵ haːi̯²²/

Idiom

夙夜匪懈

to work from morning to night
- 夙夜匪懈，主義是從。 [MSC, trad.]
  夙夜匪懈，主义是从。 [MSC, simp.]
  From: 中華民國國歌(The National Anthem of the Republic of China)
  Sùyèfěixiè, zhǔyì shì cóng. [Pinyin]
  Work day or night, follow the Principles.

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