夙夜匪懈

Chinese

		morning and night; day and night; always morning and night; day and night; always; all the time	bandit; not	lax; negligent
trad. (夙夜匪懈)		夙夜	匪	懈
simp. #(夙夜匪懈)		夙夜	匪	懈

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 260 (《詩經·大雅·烝民》):

既明且哲，以保其身。
夙夜匪解，以事一人。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Jì míng qiě zhé, yǐ bǎo qí shēn.
Sùyè fěi xiè, yǐ shì yīrén. [Pinyin]

Intelligent is he and wise, Protecting his own person.
Never idle, day or night, In the service of the One man.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùyèfěixiè

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ je⁶ fei² haai⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùyèfěixiè
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄈㄟˇ ㄒㄧㄝˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùyèfěisiè
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-yeh⁴-fei³-hsieh⁴
    • Yale: sù-yè-fěi-syè
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhyehfeeishieh
    • Palladius: суефэйсе (sujefɛjse)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹ feɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɕi̯ɛ⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ je⁶ fei² haai⁶
    • Yale: sūk yeh féi haaih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ je⁶ fei² haai⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ yé⁶ féi² hai⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ jɛː²² fei̯³⁵ haːi̯²²/

Idiom

夙夜匪懈

1. to work from morning to night

   • 夙夜匪懈，主義是從。 [MSC, trad.]
     夙夜匪懈，主义是从。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 中華民國國歌(The National Anthem of the Republic of China)

     Sùyèfěixiè, zhǔyì shì cóng. [Pinyin]

     Work day or night, follow the Principles.