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夜以继日

yè yǐ jì rì

4-character word Traditional 夜以繼日

What 夜以继日 means

1. night and day (idiom); continuous strenuous effort

The characters in 夜以继日

• 夜yènight
• 以yǐto use; by means of; according to
• 继jìto continue; to follow after; to go on with
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month

Example sentences

• 我夜以继日地读书。
  Wǒ yèyǐjìrì de dúshū.
  I studied around the clock.