Unpaid wages
It is a Chinese idiom, w è if é nx ǐ x ī n in pinyin. It means to remove firewood before fire, which means to prevent fire. From Yu Shi Ming Yan.
The origin of Idioms
Feng Menglong's Yu Shi Ming Yan of Ming Dynasty Volume 39: "all the Privy Council officers are afraid of things. They only know that if they are eager to dig a well, they will not be paid?"
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used to prevent beforehand.
Examples
Do things must be prepared in advance, not paid.
Chinese PinYin : wèi fén xǐ xīn
Unpaid wages
A fool may have a lot to worry about. yú zhě qiān lǜ,huò yǒu yī dé
an old horse which knows the way. shí tú lǎo mǎ
closely reasoned and well argued. tóu tóu shì dào