sick as well as poor

sick as well as poor

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is p í Nb ì ngji ā og ō ng, which means that poverty and disease are pressed together. It comes from the book with Prime Minister Wang Jihai by Chen Liang of Song Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

Poverty and disease weigh on us. The same as "poverty and disease".

The origin of Idioms

Chen Liang of the Song Dynasty wrote in his book with Prime Minister Wang Jihai: "since the beginning of the spring, poverty and disease have been fighting, and there has never been a good day."

Idiom usage

It refers to poverty and disease

Examples

The first chapter of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty: "people in old age are forbidden."

Analysis of Idioms

Poor and sick, poor and sick