busy with state affairs

busy with state affairs

As a Chinese idiom, Xi ā oy ī g à NSH í is used to describe hard work in handling state affairs. It is often used to praise emperors for their diligence in politics.

Pinyin

xiāoyīgànshí

explain

He works hard to deal with state affairs. It is often used to praise emperors for their diligence in politics.

Classics

Chen Xuling's lament for emperor Chen Wendi in the Southern Dynasty: diligent people listen to the government and eat for supper.

If you are virtuous and diligent, you should dethrone the right and left Xianning and the right minister. ——Biography of Liu Heng in the old book of Tang Dynasty

Discrimination

Usage: as subject, predicate and attribute; used in written language.

Synonyms: unremitting all day long, holding hands and spitting, managing everything every day

Antonym: drunk, idle, muddle along