宵衣旰食

xiāo yī gàn shí

Meaning

to dress before light and not eat before dark (idiom); diligently attending to official matters

Learn in the app → Write in stroke order

Characters

宵xiāonight, evening, darkness宀肖衣yīcloth; clothes, apparel; dress, coat亠旰gànsunset, dusk; evening日干食shífood; to eat人良