Burning Animal and Sundial means: to describe working or studying night and day.

Pinyin: fén gāo jì guǐ.

Basic Interpretation:

Ointment: grease, referring to lamps and candles.

Succession: to continue, to succeed.

Sundial: daylight.

Light the oil lamp to succeed the daylight. It describes working or reading diligently.

Origin: Tang Han Yu's "Explanation of Progress in Learning": "Burning the oil to succeed the sundial; constantly standing up to exhaust the years."

Synonyms: night after night, night after day, sitting waiting for the day, chiseling walls to steal light, sleep and food, all night long, picking lamps to read at night, upholding candles to reach the day, burning oil to sundial.

Antonyms: eat all day, do nothing.

Example Sentences:

1. He studied diligently against all odds, burned the midnight oil as if he were possessed, and was finally admitted to Peking University.

2, according to legend, the literati eye cataract, attributed to reading, sundial, so that damage to the bright.

3, now you burn the midnight oil to write a research program, rather than to do research.

4, in the school career, he most memorable university, sundial hard reading unremittingly.

5. His success lies not in the natural conditions, but in the sundial spirit of learning.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Sundial