men tilling the farm and womenweaving(nán gēng nǚ zhī)

men tilling the farm and womenweaving

Farming by men and weaving by women, a Chinese idiom, pronounced n á ng ē NGN ǚ zh ī, means the small-scale peasant economy in feudal society, which is operated by households, with men farming and women weaving. It refers to the division of labor of the whole family. From the story of the hermit in Qingcheng.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] to become rich through hard work, to live and work in peace and contentment [antonym] to steal men and prostitutes and to do nothing

Idiom usage

Haoshi, who lived together in Jizhou for seven generations, has a thousand index fingers. He has a strict family law. He is a scholar who should take an examination of his studies. He won the entrance examination and is afraid of becoming an official. A biography of Lang Qian by Chen Kangqi in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Zhao Bi of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the story of the hermit in Qingcheng: "women's weaving and men's farming, mulberry and hemp are all over the garden."

Chinese PinYin : nán gēng nǚ zhī