Make a living
Nongzhu Tansi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is n à ngzh ú D à ns à, which means playing an orchestra. It comes from 98 Chaozhou songs by Wang Yuanliang of Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Yuanliang of the Song Dynasty wrote in 98 Chaozhou Songs: "when drinking, we laugh and laugh, and the day goes by, and when we make bamboo and silk, we win the flow."
Idiom explanation
Of orchestral instruments.
Make a living
Fish in the pond and birds in the cage - chí yú lóng niǎo
consider others in one 's own place - tuī jǐ jí wù