with hands and feet covered by thick callosities as a result of hard work

with hands and feet covered by thick callosities as a result of hard work

Hand and foot cocoon, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh ǒ uz ú ch ó ngji ǎ n, meaning hands and feet covered with layers of calluses. It describes long-term fatigue. From Huainanzi xiuwuxun.

Analysis of Idioms

Hand and foot callosum

Idiom usage

He is tired for a long time

Examples

Hand and foot are too heavy to bear the pain. Pu Songling in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

"Huainanzi xiuwuxun:" in the past, Chu wanted to attack Song Dynasty, Mozi heard and mourned it. He moved from Lu to Lu. Ten days and ten nights, he was full of cocoons and didn't go anywhere. "