share out the work and cooperate with one another
It's a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is t ō NGG ō ngy ì sh ì, which is interpreted as division of labor and cooperation, exchanging what is needed for what is not. From Mencius Teng Wengong II.
The origin of Idioms
"Mencius Teng Wen Gong Xia" says, "if a son does not make up for his lack of success, he will have more millet for his farmers and more cloth for his women."
Idiom usage
Therefore, we should choose the public and the wise to be the king. (Yan Fu's PI Han)
Analysis of Idioms
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Chinese PinYin : tōng gōng yì shì
share out the work and cooperate with one another
Watch the wind and sail the boat. kàn fēng shǐ chuán