日夜兼程

rìyèjiānchéng

idiom #78,240

Meanings

1 to travel day and night
2 to push on without stopping

Characters

double, combine

journey, distance

Examples

他日夜兼程，终于赶到了家。

Tā rì yè jiān chéng, zhōngyú gǎn dào le jiā.

He traveled day and night and finally made it home.

救援队日夜兼程赶往灾区。

Jiùyuán duì rì yè jiān chéng gǎn wǎng zāiqū.

The rescue team rushed day and night to the disaster zone.

Tips

usage

兼程 literally means 'double the journey' — covering in one push what would normally take two stages. Used for urgent travel, not casual trips.

Stroke Order

日 rì

夜 yè

兼 jiān

程 chéng