We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「昧旦晨興」, with its usage explained below.
In this introduction, we explore the idiom 「昧旦晨興」. Its definition and ways to use it are shown below.
It means to get up before daybreak. It is often used to describe being too hard-working or too worried to fall asleep. At dawn, the sky is about to brighten; daybreak.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
mèi dàn chén xìng
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
mui6 daan3 san4 hing1
With so many Chinese idioms, each holding diverse meanings and uses, there is much to explore. These materials are designed to support your Chinese language studies.
