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日出而作，日入而息

rì chū ér zuò , rì rù ér xī

9-character word

What 日出而作，日入而息 means

1. lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb)
2. fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life

The characters in 日出而作，日入而息

• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 作zuòto do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign
• 日rì(bound form) sun; day; day of the month
• 入rùto enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; (bound form) to conform to (as in 入时
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 息xībreath; news; interest (on an investment or loan)