焚膏繼晷

Chinese

		burn	ointment; paste	to continue; to follow after; then to continue; to follow after; then; afterwards; to go on with; to succeed; to inherit	sunlight; time; sundial
trad. (焚膏繼晷)		焚	膏	繼	晷
simp. (焚膏继晷)		焚	膏	继	晷
Literally: “to burn oil (candle) to lengthen the day”.

Etymology

焚膏油以繼晷，恆兀兀以窮年。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

焚膏油以继晷，恒兀兀以穷年。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: 813, 韓愈 (Han Yu), 《進學解》

Fén gāoyóu yǐ jì guǐ, héng wùwù yǐ qióng nián. [Pinyin]

You burn the oil to lengthen the day, and you keep working hard the whole year long.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): féngāojìguǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄣˊ ㄍㄠㄐㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fan⁴ gou¹ gai³ gwai²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: féngāojìguǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄣˊ ㄍㄠㄐㄧˋ ㄍㄨㄟˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: féngaojìguěi
  - Wade–Giles: fên²-kao¹-chi⁴-kuei³
  - Yale: fén-gāu-jì-gwěi
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ferngaujihgoei
  - Palladius: фэньгаоцзигуй (fɛnʹgaocziguj)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fən³⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi⁵¹ ku̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fan⁴ gou¹ gai³ gwai²
  - Yale: fàhn gōu gai gwái
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fan⁴ gou¹ gai³ gwai²
  - Guangdong Romanization: fen⁴ gou¹ gei³ guei²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐn²¹ kou̯⁵⁵ kɐi̯³³ kʷɐi̯³⁵/

Idiom

焚膏繼晷

to burn the midnight oil

Synonyms

繼晷焚膏／继晷焚膏 (jìguǐféngāo)
燃膏繼晷／燃膏继晷 (rángāojìguǐ)

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