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戙起牀板 (dung6 hei2 cong4 baan2) — to burn the midnight oil, to not sleep the whole night to work in Cantonese

dungˍ₆戙heiˊ²起congˎ₄牀baanˊ²板
简 戙起床板
Mandarin Pinyin: dong4 qi3 chuang2 ban3

Meaning of 戙起牀板

nounto burn the midnight oil, to not sleep the whole night to work

Characters in 戙起牀板

戙dung6
block (of tiles, bricks, etc)
起hei2
case; instance
牀cong4
variant and older form of 床
板baan2
printing blocks

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