Tiếng Việt · Idiom Attested

thức khuya dậy sớm

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Meaning · English

Late to bed, early to rise — industry measured in lost sleep.

Literally: wake late, rise early

Examples

Mẹ thức khuya dậy sớm cả đời.A lifetime of late nights and early mornings.

Editorial example (VI sweep batch 040, illustrative)

Sources & notes

Discovered via Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918; public domain, via vi.wikisource); retrieved 2026-08-01. Source: source ↗ Attested in Nam ngạn chích cẩm (Phạm Quang Sán, 1918). Definition is an original editorial synthesis, not copied from the source.

Common questions

What does “thức khuya dậy sớm” mean?

Late to bed, early to rise — industry measured in lost sleep. Literally: wake late, rise early

Is “thức khuya dậy sớm” formal or informal?

No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.

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