not attend to one 's proper works or duties(tōu gǒu xì jī)

not attend to one 's proper works or duties

The pronunciation t ō UG ǒ UX ì J ī, which refers to not doing a good job, comes from a dream of Red Mansions.

The seventh chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "I hope that these animals will come here like this life. They will steal dogs and play with chickens every day, climb ashes and raise little uncles."

Chinese PinYin : tōu gǒu xì jī