take up one's old job again

take up one's old job again

A Chinese idiom, CH ó ngzu ò f é NGF ù in pinyin, means that a person returns to his old career. It's from Mencius with all his heart.

Analysis of Idioms

Another Feng Fu, another Feng Fu

Idiom usage

Master Zhao has not been a coolie for more than ten years, and now he can only make a living again because of his hard life.

The origin of Idioms

It can be seen in "Mencius with all his heart.".

Idiom story

There was a famine in Qi. Chen Zhen said to Mencius, "Chinese people think that the teacher will persuade the king of Qi to open the granary of Tangdi to help the people again. I'm afraid we can't do that again. "Mencius said," if you do this again, you will become Feng Fu. There is a hunter named Feng Fu in the state of Jin who is good at fighting tigers. Later, he quit and became a cultured person. Once, he went to the wild and saw many people chasing a tiger. The tiger resisted, and no one dared to touch it. When they saw Feng Fu coming from a distance, they quickly stepped forward to meet her. Feng Fu rolled up her sleeve, stretched out her arm, got out of the car and took part in the fight against tigers. The tiger was finally subdued. Everyone was very happy and praised Feng Fu one after another, but the well-educated taxi people were laughing at him. "