toil for a living in one 's old age

toil for a living in one 's old age

The old silkworm makes cocoon, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ǎ OC á nzu ò Ji ǎ n, which means that the old silkworm spins silk to make cocoon and wraps himself in it, which means that he binds himself. From Shizhi.

The origin of Idioms

Song Sushi's Shizhi: "when will the old silkworm cocoon come off? It's a dream to be empty. "

Idiom usage

As an object; of self-restraint. I'm an old cocoon - I hurt myself.