俾夜作昼 in English bi3 ye4 zuo4 zhou4 Meaning

Meanings

  • literally (word for word) to make night as day (idiomatic expression); metaphorically to burn the midnight oil
  • work especially hard

Simplified Characters

俾 夜 作 昼

Traditional Characters

俾 夜 作 晝

Pinyin

bi3 ye4 zuo4 zhou4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

俾bi3to cause 夜ye4variant of 夜[ye4] 作zuo4worker 昼zhou4daytime