披星戴月

pīxīngdàiyuè

idiom

Meanings

1 to travel or work from before dawn till after dark
2 to toil day and night

Characters

to drape over; to wear

to wear on the head

Examples

为了赶工期，工人们披星戴月。

Wèile gǎn gōngqī, gōngrénmen pīxīng dàiyuè.

To meet the deadline, the workers toiled from before dawn till after dark.

他披星戴月地奔波了一个月。

Tā pīxīng dàiyuè de bēnbō le yīgè yuè.

He ran around working day and night for a whole month.

Tips

memory

Literally 'to wear stars and put on the moon' — the traveler leaves before the stars fade and comes home under moonlight.

Stroke Order

披 pī

星 xīng

戴 dài

月 yuè