再作冯妇 — “To resume one's old profession or business”

再作冯妇 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to resume one's old profession or business”. To return to one's former occupation or trade; to go back to one's old line of work. Literally, “Again act as Feng Fu”.

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再作冯妇 Pronunciation and Pinyin

再作冯妇 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order

Character	Pinyin	Strokes	Meaning
再	zài	6	again, then, furthermore
作	zuò	7	to do, make, or act
冯	féng	5	a Chinese surname
妇	fù	6	married woman

Example Sentence with 再作冯妇

他退休后本想安享晚年，但因为公司紧急需要，只好再作冯妇，回去帮忙解决难题。

After retiring, he had planned to enjoy his golden years, but due to an urgent need from the company, he had no choice but to return to his old profession to help solve the difficult problem.

Origin and Story of 再作冯妇

During the Warring States period, there was a brave warrior named Feng Fu from the State of Jin. He was known for daring to fight tigers barehanded.

Later, he declared that he would never hunt tigers again and would dedicate himself to studying.

One day, while he was enjoying an outing in the countryside with his friends, they saw a crowd of people surrounding a tiger, but no one dared to go forward and fight it.

Feng Fu, seeing the situation, stepped forward, grabbed the tiger, and with a single powerful move, slammed it to its death.

His friends then exclaimed, "You've returned to your old profession again!"