Eat after you eat(jìng shì hòu shí)

Eat after you eat

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ì ngsh ì h ò ush í, which means that you should do your best before you get paid. From the Analects of Confucius, the Duke of Wei Ling.

The origin of Idioms

According to the Analects of Confucius, Wei linggong: "when you do something, you respect it, and then you eat it.". Xing Minshu: "speech first, do your best to respect their duties, there must be merit, and then food salary also.".

Idiom usage

It's used as predicate and attributive. It's used as an example to show the respect for those who eat after the event. (Zhang Juzheng, Ming Dynasty)

Chinese PinYin : jìng shì hòu shí