Boil ginger and drink vinegar(áo jiāng xiā cù)

Boil ginger and drink vinegar

Boil ginger and drink vinegar is a Chinese idiom, the pronunciation is á Oji ā n ɡ Xi ā C ù, meaning to compare the hardships of life.

explain

It's a metaphor for life.

source

Li Yu of Qing Dynasty wrote "lianxiangban · felt collection": "the lower official knows that he has chosen this poor instructor, sat on this bench, and stayed up all day long, but he still can't ask for land. Where can he survive the import of more people?"

usage

It's a combination; it's a predicate; it's a simple life.

Discrimination of words

[synonym]: tea and light rice [antonym]: delicacies

Chinese PinYin : áo jiāng xiā cù