歇驴不歇磨歇驢不歇磨歇驢不歇磨

let the donkey rest, not the mill

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Idiom惯用语 · Rarely used now

Meaning: A variant of 歇人不歇马: the workers take turns to rest, but the work or machine keeps going without a stop. Said of continuous, round-the-clock work.

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Simplified: 歇驴不歇磨
Traditional (Taiwan): 歇驢不歇磨
Pinyin: xiē lǘ bù xiē mò
Pinyin (Taiwan): xiē lǘ bù xiē mó
Bopomofo: ㄒㄧㄝㄌㄩˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄝㄇㄛˊ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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