fù​xīn

to carry firewood

  • created sense approved 负薪/負薪 · fù​xīn · to carry firewood — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    负薪 / 負薪

    fù​xīn

    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

  • created sense approved 负薪/負薪 · fù​xīn · to do hard work — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    负薪 / 負薪

    fù​xīn

    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

  • created sense approved 负薪/負薪 · fù​xīn · to be ill — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    负薪 / 負薪

    fù​xīn

    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

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