疲於奔命
Chinese
| weary | in; at; to in; at; to; from; by; than; out of; surname |
to rush about; to be kept busy; to issue an emergency order | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (疲於奔命) | 疲 | 於 | 奔命 | |
| simp. (疲于奔命) | 疲 | 于 | 奔命 | |
Etymology
《左傳·成公七年》:
- 巫臣自晉遺二子書曰：「爾以讒慝貪惏事君，而多殺不辜，余必使爾罷於奔命以死。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Zuo, c. 4th century BCE
- Wūchén zì Jìn wèi èrzǐ shū yuē: “Ěr yǐ chántè tānlán shìjūn, ér duō shā bùgū, yú bì shǐ ěr pí yú bēnmìng yǐ sǐ.” [Pinyin]
- Wuchen sent a letter to the two from Jin, in which it was written: "You have been serving the monarch with your slanderous counsels, evil deeds, and rapacious greed. You have killed many innocent people. I swear I will make you die restless and exhausted."
巫臣自晋遗二子书曰：“尔以谗慝贪惏事君，而多杀不辜，余必使尔罢于奔命以死。” [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Pronunciation
Idiom
疲於奔命
- to be tired and exhausted from constantly running around; to be tired to death with hustling and bustling
- 中國農民有很大的潛伏力，只要組織和指揮得當，能使日本軍隊一天忙碌二十四小時，使之疲於奔命。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 1938, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《論持久戰》 (On Protracted War), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition
- Zhōngguó nóngmín yǒu hěn dà de qiánfúlì, zhǐyào zǔzhī hé zhǐhuī dédàng, néng shǐ Rìběn jūnduì yītiān mánglù èrshísì xiǎoshí, shǐ zhī píyúbēnmìng. [Pinyin]
- The Chinese peasants have very great latent power; properly organized and directed, they can keep the Japanese army busy twenty-four hours a day and worry it to death.
中国农民有很大的潜伏力，只要组织和指挥得当，能使日本军队一天忙碌二十四小时，使之疲于奔命。 [MSC, simp.]
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