to work hard and live plainly and frugally(gōng kǔ shí dàn)

to work hard and live plainly and frugally

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is g à NGK à sh í D à n, which means to do hard work and eat light food. It comes from the biography of Liu Jing and sun Tong in historical records.

The origin of Idioms

In the biography of Liu Jing, uncle sun Tong in historical records: "empress Lu and her majesty have a hard time."

Analysis of Idioms

Eat hard

Idiom usage

Those who are not seeking pleasure in summer, who are not enjoying themselves in winter, who are not sleeping at night and who are familiar with Yuan's scriptures, who are studying hard and thinking hard, who are not enjoying themselves in summer, who are not enjoying themselves in winter. A biography of Xu Zhongxing in the history of Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : gōng kǔ shí dàn