be unsteady in the chair

be unsteady in the chair

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is B ù ā NY ú w è I, which means that you don't like your career and work at ease. From Zuo Zhuan, the sixth year of Chenggong.

The origin of Idioms

Zuo Zhuan, the sixth year of Chenggong: "if you feel uneasy about your position, you should not stay for a long time."

Idiom usage

I'm not at ease with my work

Examples

After he went to Xiamen to worship the principal, he was so pitiful that he could not agree with him. However, the principal was so indifferent that he finally got to know him. (letters from Lu Xun to Zheng Zhenduo)

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: loyalty to duty