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负薪
fù​xīn

to carry firewood

Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
负薪 負薪 fù//xīn
to carry firewood
To carry firewood on one's back.
to do hard work
(literary) To perform manual labor; to have to do hard work.
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 cǎi​xīn​zhī​yōu meaning too sick to gather firewood)
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