family troubles(nèi gù zhī yōu)

family troubles

The pronunciation is n è Ig ù zh ī y ō u, which is a kind of Chinese vocabulary, meaning that in the old days, it was used to describe having no wife and worrying about family affairs outside. Now there are internal worries. It comes from Zuo Si's Yongshi in Jin Dynasty.

explain

In the old days, it was said that without a wife, one had to worry about family affairs when he was outside. Now there are internal worries.

source

Jin Zuo Si's "Yongshi" poem: "look outside without Cun Lu, look inside without Dou Chu."

Examples

Now the south is flat, but there is no ~. (the ninety first chapter of romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty)

usage

To be the object of; refer to internal worries

Chinese PinYin : nèi gù zhī yōu