zǎo
tān
hēi

idiom

Meaning of 起早摸黑

起早摸黑 means work hard from dawn till dusk. Pronounced qǐ zǎo tān hēi.

  • work hard from dawn till dusk

Definitions & Examples

Wèi
le
yǎng
huó
jiā
rén
 
zǎo
tān
hēi
zài
tián
gàn
huó
 

To support his family, he works from dawn till dusk in the fields.

xiē
zǎo
tān
hēi
de
xiǎo
shāng
fàn
shì
chéng
shì
zuì
xīn
de
rén
zhī
 

Those street vendors who work from early morning to late at night are among the hardest working people in the city.

ma
wèi
le
zhè
ge
xiàng
 
zǎo
tān
hēi
máng
le
ge
duō
yuè
 

Mom worked from dawn till dusk on this project for over a month.