What does it mean to live from nine to five?

It means to describe work as mundane, day after day.

Generally, it refers to white-collar office workers, who go to work at 9: 00 a.m. and leave work at 5: 00 p.m. (17: 00), with a standard working time of 8 hours. It is also an 8-hour working system widely used at present.

This new work and rest system is aimed at the disadvantages of the traditional work and rest system, which is "going to work at eight o'clock in the morning, taking two hours off at noon and leaving work at six o'clock in the afternoon".

Idioms describing life:

1, day after day

Pinyin: rì fù? Y Ο Ο Ο short spelling: rfyr

Synonym: antonym:?

Usage: subject-predicate type; Make provisions; Describe the passage of time

Explanation: Answer: Again, again. Day after day. Metaphor for a long time. It also describes the passage of time in vain.

Source: The Southern Song Dynasty, Ye Fan, The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Guangwudi Xia Ji: "The world is heavy, and I often fear that I will not be appointed. Day after day, how dare I be ten years old? "

Example: year after year, career geometry, instead of throwing it away? (Volume 1 of Du Zhi, which is anonymous in Qing Dynasty)

2. Year after year

Pinyin: niá n fù y and niá n short spell: nfyn?

Explanation: Year after year.

Step 3

Pinyin: f m n l á i f ù q ù short spelling: flfq

Explanation: It means to repeat many times.

4. repeatedly

Pinyin: zài sān zài sì for short: zszs.

Synonym: antonym:?

Use: combined; As an adverbial; Repeat several times

Explanation: Repeat several times.

Source: Yuan Fankang's "Bamboo Leaf Boat" is the second fold: "Today, my Taoist friend broke up with you again and again, but you didn't know it."

Ex. ~ Pull him out, and he knelt down and told him to sit down before he dared to sit on the next stool. (Back to Chapter 25 of The Scholars)