There is not enough to eat(jī bù xiá shí)

There is not enough to eat

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī B ù Xi á sh í, which means you have no time to eat even if you are hungry. To be engrossed in business. From Taiping Guangji.

The origin of Idioms

The eighth volume of Taiping Guangji quoted from the biography of immortals Yin Changsheng by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty: "if you are hungry, you dare not go back, and if you work, you dare not rest."

Idiom usage

Li Gou's eight strategies for strengthening the army in Song Dynasty: "the sun is not hot, the wind is not cold, the thirst is too much to drink, the hunger is too much to eat, and those who breed from the king's affairs will be rewarded."

Analysis of Idioms

It's better to be hungry than to eat

Chinese PinYin : jī bù xiá shí