else 's trousseau(wèi rén zuò jià)
else 's trousseau
It is a Chinese idiom, w è IR é nzu à Ji à. The original meaning is that the daughter of a poor family has no money to buy wedding clothes, but every year she works hard to embroider with gold thread to make wedding clothes for others. It's a metaphor for Kong working hard for others. From poor girl.
The origin of Idioms
In the poem "poor girl" written by Qin Taoyu of Tang Dynasty, "hardship means pressing the golden thread every year and making wedding clothes for others."
Idiom usage
It's more formal; it's a predicate; it's used to describe working for others.
Examples
Why marry? But since I came to Beijing, no one knows. Today, you make an exception for fear that you will be entangled in the future. The 95th chapter of Cao Xueqin's dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty
Chinese PinYin : wèi rén zuò jià
else 's trousseau
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Rivers and seas do not choose streams
Rivers and seas do not choose streams. hé hǎi bù zé xì liú
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talk endlessly with no substance at all
talk endlessly with no substance at all. yán zhī wú wù
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He who goes along the way prospers, but he who goes against virtue perishes
He who goes along the way prospers, but he who goes against virtue perishes. shùn dào zhě chāng，nì dé zhě wáng
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marry into sb . 's house in an open , correct manner
marry into sb . 's house in an open , correct manner. míng méi zhèng qǔ
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the defects do not obscure the virtue
the defects do not obscure the virtue. yú bù yǎn xiá
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