created sense approved 负薪/負薪 · fùxīn · to carry firewood — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
负薪 / 負薪
fùxīn
to carry firewood
To carry firewood on one's back.
负, 薪
负 (literal) → 负/負 · fù · to carry on the back 薪 (literal) → 薪 · xīn · firewood
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created sense approved 负薪/負薪 · fùxīn · to do hard work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
负薪 / 負薪
fùxīn
to do hard work
(literary) To perform manual labor; to have to do hard work.
负, 薪
负 (literal) → 负/負 · fù · to bear 薪 (literal) → 薪 · xīn · firewood
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition
created sense approved 负薪/負薪 · fùxīn · to be ill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
负薪 / 負薪
fùxīn
to be ill
(literary) A polite way to refer to one's own illness, often used as an excuse (from the phrase [[采薪之忧|採薪之憂|cai3 xin1 zhi1 you1]] meaning too sick to gather firewood)
负, 薪
负 (literal) → 负/負 · fù · to suffer 薪 (literal) → 薪 · xīn · firewood
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition