fall sick from overwork(jī láo chéng jí)

fall sick from overwork

Chronic fatigue is a Chinese idiom, pronounced J ī L á och é NGJ í, which refers to illness caused by long-term overwork. From Xunzi Wang Zhi.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] disease, dedication, physical and mental exhaustion

The origin of Idioms

"Xunzi · Wang Zhi" has been accumulated in the past few days, but I have been lost in the past few days. " The 69th chapter of the chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty written by Feng Menglong of the Ming Dynasty: "Gongsun was born again, tired and sick. He could not get up when he lay down. He ate all the food in the city. He was half hungry and the dead lived there. The guards were tired and could not resist the enemy."

Idiom usage

It refers to illness due to long-term overwork. The fifth chapter of Jing Hua Yuan written by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty: I worked hard to wipe out the Japanese crown in Jiannan yesterday, but now I'm sick. " Chapter 23: this wife of Hou Zongzhen is not very well. She follows the general town to serve the army day and night. She feels that she has become ill from overwork. (3) history of the Qing Dynasty. Vol. 277. Biography of Chen Pengnian: it was said that "in Pengnian, he was tired and became ill. He was not in the public office. I heard that his family had an octogenarian mother, and the room was full. This is a minister who has devoted himself to the cause of death.

Chinese PinYin : jī láo chéng jí