to be constantly on the go

to be constantly on the go

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin, is x í B ù Xi á Nu ǎ n, which means to get up before even having time to sit. I'm very busy. I don't have time to sit for a while. It's from Liu Yiqing's new sayings of the world: moral conduct.

Idiom explanation

Before the mat is warm, you have to get up and do something else. It's a metaphor for running very busy without rest.

The origin of Idioms

Ban Gu's Dabin opera in Han Dynasty: "it is ruled by sages and philosophers. Confucius and Xi are not warm, and Mo Tu is not Qian. " Liu Yiqing's "new words of the world · moral conduct" in the Southern Dynasty of Song Dynasty: "the king of Wu's style of business is full of warmth, and I'm a virtuous person. Why not?" Li Bai of Tang Dynasty wrote in the history of Li Chang in shanganzhou: "Bai Gujian, who asked him, lamented and felt sorry for himself. He was forced to be miserable and worried, and had too much to eat." Han Yu of Tang Dynasty wrote in his treatise on contending for officials: "Confucius was too busy to warm up, while Mo was too busy to move to Guizhou." Shi Naian's Water Margin in Ming Dynasty: but Song Jiang and other officials pacified Hebei's class teachers and resumed the imperial edict to attack Huaixi. It's so overwhelming. I've been leading more than 200000 soldiers to the south. Chapter 51 of Li Baojia's officialdom in the Qing Dynasty: I'm so busy, I'm so busy.

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, object, complement; describe busy business.

Idiom story

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chen Fanke, the prefect of Le'an, performed his duties and made outstanding achievements. He was highly appreciated by Li Ying, the governor of Qingzhou. However, he disagreed with the ministers in the court and was demoted as the prefect of Yuzhang. Xu Xi, a talented person in Yuzhang, was admired by Chen fan. Before he settled down in Yuzhang's home, he went to visit Xu Xi. He said that he would like to ask for the help of sages like King Wu of Zhou.