break down from constant over work

break down from constant over work

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī L á och é NGB ì ng, which means to get sick due to long-term overwork. From Xunzi Wang Zhi.

The origin of Idioms

"Xunzi · Wang Zhi" says: "I accumulate labor every day, but I accumulate lost every day."

Analysis of Idioms

It's hard work that leads to illness and exhaustion

Idiom usage

Gongsun came back from a long period of overwork and became ill. He could not get up when he was lying down. He ate all the food in the city. He was half hungry. The guards were tired and could not resist the enemy. The sixty ninth chapter of Eastern Zhou Dynasty annals by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty