夙夜在公

Chinese

		morning and night; day and night; always morning and night; day and night; always; all the time	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	just; honourable; public just; honourable; public; common; fair; duke; mister
trad. (夙夜在公)		夙夜	在	公
simp. #(夙夜在公)		夙夜	在	公

Etymology

From the Classic of Poetry, poem 13 (《詩經·召南·采蘩》):

被之僮僮、夙夜在公。
被之祁祁、薄言還歸。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]

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被之僮僮、夙夜在公。
被之祁祁、薄言还归。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Bèi zhī tóngtóng, sùyè zài gōng.
Bèi zhī qíqí, bó yán hái guī. [Pinyin]

With head-dress reverently rising aloft, Early, while yet it is night, she is in the prince's temple;
In her dead-dress, slowly retiring, She returns to her own apartments.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): sùyèzàigōng

  (Zhuyin): ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): suk¹ je⁶ zoi⁶ gung¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: sùyèzàigōng
    • Zhuyin: ㄙㄨˋ ㄧㄝˋ ㄗㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sùyèzàigong
    • Wade–Giles: su⁴-yeh⁴-tsai⁴-kung¹
    • Yale: sù-yè-dzài-gūng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: suhyehtzaygong
    • Palladius: суецзайгун (sujeczajgun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /su⁵¹⁻⁵³ jɛ⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ kʊŋ⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: suk¹ je⁶ zoi⁶ gung¹
    • Yale: sūk yeh joih gūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: suk⁷ je⁶ dzoi⁶ gung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sug¹ yé⁶ zoi⁶ gung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sʊk̚⁵ jɛː²² t͡sɔːi̯²² kʊŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

夙夜在公

1. attentively carry out official business at all times

   • 總書記強調，我們一定要始終與人民心心相印、與人民同甘共苦、與人民團結奮鬥，夙夜在公，勤勉工作，努力向歷史、向人民交出一份合格的答卷。 [MSC, trad.]
     总书记强调，我们一定要始终与人民心心相印、与人民同甘共苦、与人民团结奋斗，夙夜在公，勤勉工作，努力向历史、向人民交出一份合格的答卷。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 15 November 2012, quoting Xi Jinping (習近平), 人民对美好生活的向往就是我们的奋斗目标（辉煌历程） (Archived), Ministry of Justice of the People's Republic of China

     Zǒngshūjì qiángdiào, wǒmen yīdìng yào shǐzhōng yǔ rénmín xīnxīnxiāngyìn, yǔ rénmín tónggāngòngkǔ, yǔ rénmín tuánjié fèndòu, sùyèzàigōng, qínmiǎn gōngzuò, nǔlì xiàng lìshǐ, xiàng rénmín jiāochū yī fèn hégé de dájuàn. [Pinyin]

     The General Secretary emphasized that we must at all times be of kindred spirit with the masses, share the joys and sorrows of the masses, rally together with and fight with the masses, carry out business day and night, work diligently, and work hard to pass the test of history and of the masses.