work diligently and conscientiously
Diligent, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Q í NQ í NK ě NK ě n, describes diligent and down-to-earth. It also describes being diligent. It comes from Sima Qian's letter to Ren Shaoqing in Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Sima Qian of the Han Dynasty wrote in his letter to Ren Shaoqing: "those who have been in the past are humiliated and given books. They teach them to be obedient to receiving things, and to promote the virtuous scholars. They are diligent and sincere."
Idiom usage
[example] to report virtue and merit. History of the Three Kingdoms: biography of Wu Zhi and Zhou Yu
Analysis of Idioms
The synonym hard-working, conscientious and down-to-earth the antonym lazy and lazy
work diligently and conscientiously
When the water is clear, there is no fish - shuǐ zhì qīng wú yú
signs of danger appearing everywhere - xiǎn xiàng huán shēng