<blockquote>
  <p>(熬夜)晚起毀上午，早起(學習)傻一天</p>
</blockquote>

<p>熬夜晚起毀上午<br>
晚起毀上午<br>
Getting up too late will lose a morning.</p>

<p>早起學習傻一天<br>
早起傻一天<br>
Getting up too early will have no spirit all day long.</p>

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2019-03-03T19:41:38.947Z
2019-03-03T19:41:38.947Z
user-487
<p>I met someone who told me a proverb which in English read as follows:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Wake up late and you lose the morning. Wake up early and you lose the
  whole day.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>She repeated it in Mandarin very quickly before I left, but if it helps the last word was 天.</p>

<p>Do you know this proverb?</p>

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2019-03-03T15:07:38.343Z
I have never heard any similar ones, and it doesn't sound like Chinese proverb to me.
sfy
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2019-03-03T15:19:59.533Z
this  'proverb' seems to telling people the importance of having enough sleep. But Chinese generally believe "sleep early, get up early, your health will be great" . (早睡早起身體好) . So I don't think it is a Chinese proverb
Tang Ho
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2019-03-03T17:19:00.967Z
@TangHo it seems to be more of a joke and less of a proverb, but still apparently a well-known one. It was definitely Chinese as well
TheEnvironmentalist
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What is this proverb?
# What is this proverb?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-03)

I met someone who told me a proverb which in English read as follows:

> Wake up late and you lose the morning. Wake up early and you lose the
> whole day.

She repeated it in Mandarin very quickly before I left, but if it helps the last word was 天.

Do you know this proverb?

**Tags:** mandarin, phrase, idioms, phrase-request

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I have never heard any similar ones, and it doesn't sound like Chinese proverb to me.  
> **username_2**: this  'proverb' seems to telling people the importance of having enough sleep. But Chinese generally believe "sleep early, get up early, your health will be great" . (早睡早起身體好) . So I don't think it is a Chinese proverb  
> **username_0**: @username_2 it seems to be more of a joke and less of a proverb, but still apparently a well-known one. It was definitely Chinese as well  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2019-03-03. Score: 6

> (熬夜)晚起毀上午，早起(學習)傻一天

熬夜晚起毀上午  
晚起毀上午  
Getting up too late will lose a morning.

早起學習傻一天  
早起傻一天  
Getting up too early will have no spirit all day long.


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