Definition

1. Adverb:
   • All day long, from morning till night: "sớm tối" describes an action or state that lasts the entire day, emphasizing the continuity from early morning until evening.
   • Constantly, regularly: It can also imply doing something habitually or with great regularity, day in and day out.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Bà ấy làm việc nhà sớm tối. (She does housework all day long.)
  • Anh ấy sớm tối chăm sóc khu vườn của mình. (He tends to his garden constantly.)

Advanced Usage

• "sớm tối vất vả": toiling all day long.
  • Người nông dân sớm tối vất vả trên đồng ruộng. (The farmer toils all day long in the fields.)
• "sớm tối lo lắng": worrying constantly.
  • Mẹ tôi sớm tối lo lắng cho các con. (My mother worries constantly about her children.)

Variants and Related Words

• Sáng tối: A less common variant with the same meaning (morning and night, all day).
• Quanh năm suốt tháng: (Idiom) All year round, throughout the months. This phrase extends the time frame from a single day to the entire year.
• Đầu tắt mặt tối: (Idiom) Literally "head off, face dark"; describes being extremely busy from dawn till dusk.

Synonyms

• Suốt ngày: All day.
• Cả ngày: The whole day.
• Ngày đêm: Day and night (emphasizing a longer, more continuous period).

Related Idioms

• "Cần cù sớm tối": Diligent from morning till night.
  • Nhờ cần cù sớm tối, gia đình anh ấy đã có cuộc sống khá giả. (Thanks to being diligent from morning till night, his family has a comfortable life.)
• "Một nắng hai sương": Literally "one sun, two dews"; describes hard work exposed to the elements from early morning (dew) until the sun sets. It conveys a similar sense of constant, arduous daily labor.

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