Poor food and poor clothing(bì yī shū shí)

Poor food and poor clothing

Maladministration, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ì y ī sh ū, which means shabby clothes, coarse food; refers to simple life. It comes from the biography of Liu Qiu in the book of Zhou.

The origin of Idioms

Liu Qiu's biography in the book of Zhou states: "it's not a good idea to neglect food and clothing, and it's not a good idea to change the way of doing things."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: ill dressed and ill fed; antonym: well dressed and well fed

Idiom usage

It refers to the poor life.

Chinese PinYin : bì yī shū shí