travel by night is toilsome
A Chinese idiom, Xi ā og à NY ō UQ í n, describes being diligent in politics.
source
Chapter 20: when our court was appointed as Jingzhi, I found that the imperial court advocated thrift and worked hard at night.
usage
He is diligent in government affairs.
words whose meaning is similar
The curfew is worried and anxious
travel by night is toilsome
one is even willing to die in the evening if he could hear the truth in the morning - zhāo wén xī sǐ
the wives and children of the offenders are not involved in their crimes - zuì rén bù nú
One careless move, all lose - yī zhāo bù shèn,mǎn pán jiē shū
The rest of the chicken and the porpoise - jī tún zhī xī