A historical idiom similar to eating at a low salary.

Get angry and forget to eat, forget to eat and sleep, study hard and practice hard, stupid birds fly first and work tirelessly.

First, forget to eat when you get angry [fā fè nà ng Shí]

Explanation: I studied or worked so hard that I forgot to eat. Describe being very diligent.

From: Spring and Autumn Period. Confucius "The Analects of Confucius": "Anger and forgetting food, joy and forgetting worries. I don't know that my old age is coming. "

I was so angry that I forgot all my troubles and didn't even know I was old, that's all.

Second, forget to eat and sleep.

Explanation: waste: stop. I forgot to sleep and eat. Describe to concentrate on your efforts.

From: Spring and Autumn Period. Liezi Kerry: "Some people in Qi were worried about the collapse of heaven and earth, so they died and sent them away."

People in Qi are worried about the collapse of heaven and earth, and they don't eat or sleep.

Third, study hard and practice hard.

Description: study hard and train well.

Said by: Qin Mu's Secret: "After listening to this, my son never dares to take shortcuts by luck again. After real efforts and hard practice, he finally became a calligrapher. "

4. Stupid birds fly first [bè né nié o xi ā n f ē i]

Explanation: Stupid birds fly first. For example, people with poor ability are afraid of falling behind and doing things earlier than others.

From: The First Fold of the Qing Dynasty's "Chen Mu Jiao Zi": "Let me make an analogy with you: I am like a ghost bird, and you are such a stupid bird that flies first."

I'll tell you an analogy: I'm like a ghost bird in the back, and a pink (stupid) bird like you flies first.

V. tireless [z and z and bù juan]

Explanation: Diligence: Diligence, no slack. Refers to hard work or study.

From: Pre-Qin. "The Scholars Jun Chen": "No one dares to slack off if he is diligent every day."

No one dares to be happy unless he is diligent every day.