Public and private troubles(gōng sī jiāo kùn)

Public and private troubles

In Chinese, the Pinyin is g ō ngs ī Ji ā OK ù n, which means that both the public and the private are in trouble. It comes from the history of the Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Shi Huo Zhi VI of the Ming Dynasty: "empty MI is dry, and public and private affairs are in trouble."

Idiom usage

At the beginning of the last century, China was unable to build a railway in its own territory.

Chinese PinYin : gōng sī jiāo kùn