三更燈火五更鷄

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 三更燈火五更雞 (“Third watch with lamp light and fifth watch as the rooster crows; to burn the midnight oil, only to get up at the crack of dawn; etc.”).
(This term is a variant traditional form of 三更燈火五更雞).