We can't afford to sit down

We can't afford to sit down

It's a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is Zu ò B ù ch ó NGX í, which means that you don't need to sit on a double mat. It's a metaphor for frugality. It comes from Han Feizi, the lower left of the theory of waichu, written by Han Fei in the Warring States period.

The origin of Idioms

Han Fei, Han Fei of the Warring States period, said in the book "Han Feizi, the lower left side of the theory of waichu": "food is not worth eating, and seat is not important."

Idiom usage

It refers to people's thrifty life.

Examples

Now that the economic conditions are good, we can't forget the time when we didn't have enough seats.

Analysis of Idioms

Food is not worth eating

Antonym: big money