so busy as to have no time for eating
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù Hu á ngxi á sh í, which means there is no time to eat. It describes working hard. It's from the book of Wu Yi.
The origin of Idioms
The book of Wu Yi: "from the dynasty to the middle of the day, you can eat all kinds of food, and you can use salt to make peace with the people." Kong yingdashu: "not to mention leisure. The ancients had their own repetition. "It's hard," he says In a word, there is no leisure time to eat leisurely.
Idiom usage
He is busy with his work.
Chinese PinYin : bù huáng xiá shí
so busy as to have no time for eating
White grass and yellow clouds. bái cǎo huáng yún
There are no two dragons in one abyss. yī yuān bù liǎng jiāo
what has been cannot be withdrawn. sì mǎ bù zhuī
die for the sake of the country. yǐ shēng bào guó
be ready to realize one 's aspiration anywhere all over the country. sì fāng zhī zhì