rise before dawn

rise before dawn

The Chinese idiom, m è ID à NCH é nx à ng, means to get up before dawn. It's hard to fall asleep because of hard work or worry. It comes from the book of Jin, Emperor Jian Wen Ji.

Analysis of Idioms

Early in the morning and late in the evening

Idiom usage

If he was captured by the king of Zhao and moved to Fangling, Bo Xinnian, a stranger in the morning, farewell to concubines and beauties, bereavement of Jinyu and Yucheng, a place where he wanted to drink and filled with sorrow, it would be hard to overcome resentment. The Han Fu by Liang Jiangyan in the Southern Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

"Jin Shu · Jian Wen Di Ji": "why don't you forget to go to bed at night?"