如牛負重

Chinese

		as (if); such as	ox; cow; bull	to carry a heavy load; to bear a heavy burden
trad. (如牛負重)		如	牛	負重
simp. (如牛负重)		如	牛	负重
Literally: “like an ox carrying heavy loads on the back”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): rúniúfùzhòng

  (Zhuyin): ㄖㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: rúniúfùzhòng
    • Zhuyin: ㄖㄨˊ ㄋㄧㄡˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄓㄨㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: rúnióufùjhòng
    • Wade–Giles: ju²-niu²-fu⁴-chung⁴
    • Yale: rú-nyóu-fù-jùng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: runioufuhjonq
    • Palladius: жунюфучжун (žunjufučžun)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʐu³⁵ ni̯oʊ̯³⁵ fu⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʊŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

如牛負重

1. (figuratively) heavily burdened

   • 荒時暴月，向親友乞哀告憐，借得幾斗幾升，敷衍三日五日，債務叢集，如牛負重。 [MSC, trad.]
     荒时暴月，向亲友乞哀告怜，借得几斗几升，敷衍三日五日，债务丛集，如牛负重。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1925, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《中國社會各階級的分析》 (Analysis of the Classes in Chinese Society), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Huāngshíbàoyuè, xiàng qīnyǒu qǐ'āigàolián, jiè dé jǐ dǒu jǐ shēng, fūyǎn sān rì wǔ rì, zhàiwù cóngjí, rúniúfùzhòng. [Pinyin]

     In hard times they piteously beg help from relatives and friends, borrowing a few tou or sheng of grain to last them a few days, and their debts pile up like loads on the backs of oxen.