Cherish time as gold [x and Shí rú j and n]
Meaning: To describe cherishing time is like cherishing money.
Source: Precious time is like gold. If you win this year, you won't come back. It's hard to wake up in the morning. If you encourage yourself in time, time won't hurt anyone. Wang Guozhen's poem "Precious time is like gold"
Unfortunately, it was like gold at that time, and it won't come again. There are no two mornings in a day. Work hard on your own in time, and time doesn't hurt.
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Forget to eat and sleep
It means: forget to eat or sleep. I forgot to sleep and eat. Describe being very diligent and dedicated.
Source: Southern and Northern Dynasties, Wang Rong's "Preface to Qushui Poetry": "Still there, clear sleep; Never mind the meal. "
Translation: Also elaborate on the abolition of sleep; Forget tilting the food on the sundial.
I was so angry that I forgot to eat.
I made up my mind to study hard and work hard, even forgetting to eat. Describe diligence and concentration.
Source: The Analects of Confucius: "Anger and forgetting food, joy and forgetting worry. I don't know that my old age is coming. "
I worked so hard that I forgot to eat. I was so happy that I forgot all my troubles and didn't even know I was old. That's all.
a race against time
Don't let go of a minute.