This sentence was said by Huo Qubing, a famous general during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

This sentence was because Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu that year. In order to commend him, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty wanted to commend him. Build him a house and give it to him.

Huo Qubing insisted not to say anything: "The Xiongnu are not destroyed, why do we have a family?!" Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very moved.

The meaning of this sentence That is to say: How can I start a family before the Xiongnu are wiped out?! This shows his thoughts. Huo Qubing is a man of few words, courageous and courageous. At the age of eighteen, he joined the army for the first time and led a small team to surprise the Xiongnu. At the base camp of the Huns, he killed the Xiongnu Chanyu's grandfather, captured the Xiongnu Prime Minister and the Chanyu's uncle, and bravely won the three armies, and was named the champion. Later, Huo Qubing made many military exploits, crossed the desert, advanced more than two thousand miles, and defeated the Xiongnu left flank. The army of King Xian pursued them all the way to the foot of Langjuxu Mountain, where they held a grand ceremony to offer sacrifices to heaven and erected a monument in memory of them. The Huns suffered a severe blow in this battle, and King Hunxie surrendered to the Han Dynasty. From then on, the Huns were divided into two groups, the north and the south. There was no ability to carry out large-scale invasion of the Han Dynasty, and there was no war on the northern border for decades. Part of the southern branch merged with the Han people, and part of the northern branch migrated westward, reaching Eastern Europe and becoming the ancestors of today's Hungarians.