No burden at home

No burden at home

Home without burden is a Chinese idiom, which means ten Dou is one stone and two stones are one Dan. There is no grain in the house. It's a metaphor for a poor family. From: Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, a gift to Liu Jisun.

explain

Ten Dou is one stone, two stones are one burden. There is no grain in the house. It's a metaphor for a poor family.

source

Su Shi of the Song Dynasty wrote "a gift to Liu Jisun from Qi Fu": "he died in an official office in May this year, and there was no Dan (Dan) stone at home."

Discrimination

[pinyin code]: jwds [synonym]: no family, no family stone [usage]: as object and attribute; metaphor of family difficulties [English]: live closetoone's pretty