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宵衣旰食

xiāo yī gàn shí

4-character word

What 宵衣旰食 means

1. to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom)
2. diligently attending to official matters

The characters in 宵衣旰食

• 宵xiāonight
• 衣yīclothes; Kangxi radical 145
• 旰gànsunset; evening
• 食shíto eat; food; animal feed

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