be a fool for one's pains
Making wedding clothes, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is "zuanji à y à sh à ng", which means to make wedding clothes for a rich lady. It means to work for others but get nothing for yourself. From poor girl.
Analysis of Idioms
Marry for others
The origin of Idioms
The poem "poor girl" written by Qin Taoyu of Tang Dynasty: "bitterness and hatred press the golden thread year by year and make wedding clothes for others."
Idiom usage
It means to work for others. Who knows it's Zhang Lang. The ninth chapter of Yu Jiao Li by Wu Ming Shi in Qing Dynasty
be a fool for one's pains
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The loss is more than the deficiency - sǔn yǒu yú bǔ bù zú
add a beautiful thing to a contrasting beautiful thing - jǐn shàng tiān huā
cover one 's face and creep away - fèng tóu shǔ cuàn
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