To leave early and return late, describing a busy or hardworking person.
早晨出动，晚上归来。
《战国策·齐策六》女朝出而晚来，则吾倚门而望。”
She works hard every day, going out early and coming back late.
Learn the next connected idiom: 早出晚归 (zǎo chū wǎn guī) → 归根结底 (guī gēn jié dǐ)
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