eat on alternate days(bìng rì ér shí)

eat on alternate days

In Chinese, Pinyin is B ì NgR ì é RSH í. It means that if you can't get food every day, you can only get one day's food in two or three days. It describes living in poverty. It's from the book of rites, Confucianism.

The origin of Idioms

The book of rites · Confucian line: "Confucianism has a palace of one mu, a room surrounded by a block, a house with a gate and a jar. It comes out of one's clothes and eclipses the sun at the same time."

Idiom usage

He is very poor. He thought that it was better to go to the south in the northern expedition, so he crossed Lu in May, went deep into Bumao, and ate with each passing day, so he had to cherish himself, and Gu Wangye could not settle down in the capital of Shu. Three Kingdoms, Shu and Zhuge Liang

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] food is not enough

Chinese PinYin : bìng rì ér shí