in ill health

in ill health

The disease of collecting firewood, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ǎ IX ī nzh ī J í, which means you can't collect firewood when you are ill. A euphemism claiming to be ill. From Mencius Gongsun Chou Xia.

The origin of Idioms

Mencius: "in the past, there was a king's life, and there was a worry about collecting salaries, so we could not build a dynasty." Zhu Xi's annotation: "the worry of collecting salary is that we can't collect salary if we are sick." The later reason is "the worry of collecting salary" which refers to illness.

Word usage

In the first place, every one is ashamed of stealing food; in his hometown, he is in mourning, and in heavy poverty. (Wang Anshi's Ci Shen Zhi Zheng Shi Biao, Song Dynasty)