coarse clothes and simple fare
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is B ì y ī sh ū sh í, which means shabby clothes and coarse food. Now it refers to simple life, which is the same as "shabby clothes and food". It comes from the biography of Liu Qiu in the book of Zhou.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] maladjustment of food and clothing
Idiom usage
It refers to the poor life. Now we don't realize the hardship of food and clothing.
The origin of Idioms
Liu Qiu's biography in the book of Zhou said, "I've never changed my way of life because of my poor food and clothing."
Chinese PinYin : bì yī shū shí
coarse clothes and simple fare
learn about its taboos on going to a friend 's house. rù mén wèn huì
work out the plot before putting pen to paper. yì zài bǐ qián
Separate friends and introduce them. fēn péng yǐn lèi