Scorched skin and chapped feet

Scorched skin and chapped feet

Scorched skin and chapped feet, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is zh ì f ū J ū NZ ú, which means scorched skin and cracked feet. It describes the hard work of farmers. From Yuejiang Lou Ji by Song Lian of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Song Lian's Yuejiang Lou Ji in the Ming Dynasty: "the tillers have the trouble of burning skin and chapped feet, and the farm girls have the diligence of the general sang Xingqiao."

Idiom usage

Used as an attributive; used of written language.