good-for-nothing

good-for-nothing

Chinese idiom "wine bag and rice bag",

Pinyin is Ji à n á NGF à nd à I,

Interpretation: can only eat and drink, can not do things, ridicule incompetent people.

From Lun Heng BIE Tong.

idiom

good-for-nothing

Pinyin

jiǔnángfàndài

Citation explanation

Bag: pocket. They can only eat and drink, they can't do anything, and they sneer at the incompetent. In Wang Chong's Lun Heng BIE Tong of Han Dynasty, it is said that "the stomach is a rice pit and the intestines are wine sacs." Tao Yue's recent events in Jingxiang in Song Dynasty: in the late Tang Dynasty, Ma Yin took charge of Hunan Province and called him king of Chu. He was luxurious and arrogant. He was a servant of the princes of the various courtyards. He didn't pay attention to the way of literature and martial arts. He was called a wine bag and rice bag at that time. Ming Dynasty Wu Bing's the story of the West Garden: This wine bag is really a straw bag! The third fold of Ming Wu Mingshi's fishing and woodcutter gossip: "what's the use of wine bags and rice bags? It's a good way to capture the sleeves and fists. It's a good look." "Three heroes and five righteousness. Chapter 60": it's ridiculous that such a man with a bag of wine and rice dare to call himself "Xia"! Cai Dongfan's the second chapter of the romance of the Qing Dynasty: the Ming Dynasty's border officials sent this book to the Ming court. At this time, they were in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. The old man withered, the sycophant used to work, and the civil and military officials were mostly in the bag of wine. They should die if they lost their country.

Idiom usage

Combined; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning.

Idiom story

During the Five Dynasties, Ma Yin, the subordinate of Liu Jianfeng, the governor of Wu'an, was in charge after Liu's death. After Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty and established the Liang Dynasty, Ma Yin was made king of Chu and stationed in Hunan, Guangxi and other places. Ma Yin only knew how to enjoy himself. He was stupid and incompetent. People looked down upon him and nicknamed him "jiunangbao".