eat little and work much

eat little and work much

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í sh ǎ OSH ì f á n, which means hard work and poor health. It's the same as "eating little trouble". From the book of Jin, Xuandi Ji.

Idiom usage

He is weak and can't bear heavy tasks

Examples

I am worried about him because of his "little food and complicated affairs". Impression of Nanjing by Guo Moruo

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Jin, Xuandi Ji: "first, the envoy of Zhuge Liang arrived, and the Emperor (SIMA Yi, Xuandi) asked," how does Zhuge Gong live? How many rice can I eat? " He said, "three or four rises." When I asked about political affairs for the first time, I said, "the 20 punishments have already been put on the table. All of them reflect on themselves."

Idiom story

During the Three Kingdoms period, Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition troops left wuzhangyuan, and Sima Yi avoided fighting. Zhuge Liang sent envoys to fight, but Sima Yi did not talk about military affairs. He asked the envoys, "how does Zhuge Gong live and how much rice can he eat?" The messenger said, "three or four liters." Then he asked about the handling of political affairs, and the emissary said, "the punishment of beating 20 or more soldiers' sticks is all read and approved by Zhuge Gong himself." After the messenger left, Sima Yi said to people, "ZHUGE Kongming, how long can he last! "Sure enough, Zhuge Liang soon died in wuzhangyuan army.