Be in suspense

Be in suspense

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Xu á NCH ē zh ī Su ì, meaning 70 years old. The same as "the year of suspension". It's from the book of returning to the fields: seventy years to be an official.

Notes on Idioms

Hanging car: the ancients generally resigned at the age of 70.

The origin of Idioms

Liang Zhangju in the Qing Dynasty wrote in his book "returning to the fields: 70 years to be an official": if you are not 40 today and have entered the official career early, you do not have to be 70 years to be an official Therefore, the other two times of return were not as late as the year of suspension. "

Analysis of Idioms

A year in suspense

Idiom usage

He is 70 years old