To be an official(xuán chē zhì shì)

To be an official

The pronunciation is Xu á NCH ē zh ì sh ì. It is a Chinese word, which means to leave the old and resign from office.

Idiom explanation

It refers to the retirement of an old man and the resignation of an official.

The origin of Idioms

[source] in baihutong Zhishi written by Ban Gu of Han Dynasty, it is said that "when a minister is 70 years old, he takes the post of Deacon as his duty. He is 70 years old. He is not smart in eyes and ears, and he is lame. He retreats to avoid the sage, so he is honest and shameful. It's not necessary to suspend the car. "

Idiom usage

[example] middle aged people chatted in Dongtian. They wanted to plant trees in the pool, but they didn't pay much attention to them. They also wanted to spend their leisure time in the suburbs, so they could finally become houses. I want to sing and laugh here. A collection of Arts and Culture Volume II three quotations from the book of song with Daxishan by Liang and Xu Mian of the Southern Dynasties

Usage: used as predicate, object and attribute; used in writing

Chinese PinYin : xuán chē zhì shì