Women's weaving and men's farming(nǚ zhī nán gēng)
Women's weaving and men's farming
The Chinese idiom, n ǚ zh ī n á ng ē ng, refers to the feudal society of small-scale peasant economy, one household management, men's farming, women's weaving; refers to the family division of labor. It comes from Lu Shi, Hou Ji 12, Xia Hou Shi.
The origin of Idioms
Luo MI, Song Dynasty, wrote in Lu Shi, Hou Ji 12, Xia Hou Shi: "men's farming and women's weaving do not seize the time."
Idiom usage
It is used as subject, attribute and object to describe hard work. example female weavers and men plough, mulberry and hemp are all over the garden. (the story of the hermit in Qingcheng by Zhao Bi in Ming Dynasty)
Chinese PinYin : nǚ zhī nán gēng
Women's weaving and men's farming
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