attend to public duties without drawing a penny from the state
As a Chinese idiom, Xi ā of ù C ó NGG ō ng in pinyin means to work at home hungry. It is said that one heart is for the public. From the biography of Yin Kaishan.
The origin of Idioms
In Qing Dynasty, Li Baojia's "washing in prison" is a wedge: "at this point, if you want them to destroy their families and relieve their hardship, I'm afraid they'll go all over the world. There's no such good person."
Analysis of Idioms
Forget to eat and sleep, work hard
Antonym: extravagance, muddle along
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate, attribute and adverbial
Examples
It's a barren year. I have to walk every day. There are so many people on the way that I can't buy anything to eat These soldiers have turned out to be in the public service.
Chinese PinYin : xiāo fù cóng gōng
attend to public duties without drawing a penny from the state
use one 's position to get even with another person for a private grudge. gōng bào sī chóu
keep loyal and devoted to the last. jū gōng jìn cuì,sǐ ér hòu yǐ
favours weighty as a mountain. ēn dé rú shān
appreciative audience like flowing water and high mountains -- bosom friends. liú shuǐ gāo shān