汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 日出而作,日入而息
日出而作,日入而息
lit. to get up at sunrise and work until sunset (proverb) / fig. to lead a plain and hardworking life
太阳升起就起来劳动,太阳下山就休息。原指上古人民的生活方式,后亦泛指单纯简朴的生活。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我好似全自动地日出而作,日入而息,自发地准确地回应。

It looks as if I live my physical, waking life automatically, reacting spontaneously and accurately.

一份简单的爱情,日出而作,日落而息。

A simple love, sunrise and sundown.

日出而作、日落而息的艰苦生活曾让赵美玲淡出了剪纸的日子。

Sunrise and sunset of the hard life of the paper-cut fade in.

主要原因是地处偏远,交通不便,信息闭塞,600年来村里人一直过着日出而作日落而息的生活。

The main reason is the remoteness, traffic inconvenience, lack of information, 600 years in the village lived a sunrise and sunset of life.

毕竟,这也是他们的祖国,是他们祖祖辈辈几百年来日出而作日落而息的地方,不像很多讲英语的同胞们,他们没有第二个祖国。

After all, it is their country, too, where their ancestors have lived and toiled for hundreds of years. Unlike many of their English-speaking compatriots, they have no other.