toil of war

toil of war

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is "Zhen ng ē Q ǐ NJI ǎ", which means sleeping on a pillow and wearing armor. He often lives in war. It comes from the book of Jin, the record of Helian's vigorous life.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of Jin, the record of Helian's vigorous life: "I have no talent to pull out the chaos. I can't help the common people. I've been sleeping with myself for two years, but the world is not the same. I don't know how to thank the fallen leaves of that year." It's also called "sitting on one's back".

Analysis of Idioms

The antonym is carefree

Idiom usage

It is used as a predicate and an attributive to describe standing by