无官一身轻 - Chinese Idiom

Collocation

1

总算是无官一身轻

2

我是无官一身轻啊

3

羡慕别人无官一身轻

Definition

无官一身轻:

Literally means:

no longer an official and felt very relaxed

Actually means:

It means that one feels relieved from the burden of his duties after he steps down from the leadership position.

指不担任领导工作，没有职务上的拖累，不承担责任，一身轻松。

Example

Used as a minor sentence， or as object or predicate. (作小句、宾语、谓语)

1

Wúguānyīshēnqīng

无官一身轻

,

tā

他

cíqù

辞去

yánjiūsuǒ

研究所

suǒcháng

所长

de

的

zhíwù

职务

yǐhòu

以后

,

yālì

压力

méiyǒu

没有

le

了

,

fánxīn

烦心

de

的

shìqing

事情

shǎo

少

le

了

,

yánjiū

研究

chéngguǒ

成果

yě

也

bǐ

比

yǐqián

以前

duō

多

le

了

。

No official, he resigned from the post of director of the Institute, the pressure is gone, less annoying things, research results are more than before.

2

Dāngguān

当官

bù

不

róngyì

容易

,

dāng

当

yī

一

gè

个

hǎo

好

guān

官

jiù

就

gēng

更

nán

难

le

了

,

nǐ

你

wúguānyīshēnqīng

无官一身轻

,

zhěngtiān

整天

xiāoyáozìzai

逍遥自在

duō

多

kāixīn

开心

ā

啊

!

It's not easy to be an official, it's harder to be a good official, you don't have an official, how happy you are all day long!

3

Tā

他

cóng

从

lǐngdǎo

领导

gǎngwèi

岗位

tuì

退

xià

下

le

了

,

xiànzài

现在

zǒngsuàn

总算

shì

是

wúguānyīshēnqīng

无官一身轻

le

了

。

He retired from the leadership post, and now he's finally out of office.