# 夜以继日 (yèyǐjìrì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 夜以继日 (yèyǐjìrì) means “day and night; around the clock”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: day and night; around the clock
- Pinyin: yèyǐjìrì (ye4 yi3 ji4 ri4)
- Traditional: 夜以繼日
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 为了完成任务，他们夜以继日地工作。
  Wèile wánchéng rènwu, tāmen yèyǐjìrì de gōngzuò.
  To finish the task, they worked day and night.

## Characters

- [夜](https://hanziro.com/word/ye-night/) (yè): night
- [以](https://hanziro.com/word/yi-with-by-means/) (yǐ): (prep.) with, by means of; in order to
- [继](https://hanziro.com/word/ji-continue/) (jì): to continue; to follow
- [日](https://hanziro.com/word/ri-day/) (rì): day; sun

https://hanziro.com/word/ye-yi-ji-ri-day-and-night/

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