coarse clothes and simple fare(bù yī shū shí)

coarse clothes and simple fare

Clothing and vegetables, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is B ù y ī sh ū sh í, describes the frugal and simple life. It comes from the biography of Wang Ji in the book of Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Ji's biography in the book of Han states: "it's good to live frugally, but it's also good to eat and clothe."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: plain food, cloth and tile ware

Idiom usage

It can be used as subject, attribute and object to describe the hardship of life. Example Chen Shou's biography of Mao Xun in the annals of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, said: "he was in a prominent position. He often provided food and clothing. He raised his orphan brother and son very well. He was rewarded to help the poor, and his family had nothing to spare." According to the biography of Wang Bin in the book of Jin, "bin is simple and straight, lacking good flavor. Although he lives in a high position, he often wears clothes and vegetables." The 52nd good official in the 92 biographies of the book of Song Dynasty: Huidu was good at clothes and vegetables, thrifty and good at playing the piano. Yan Yan's biography of the Song Dynasty: living in the Qing Dynasty, not in the business of wealth, food and clothing, drinking alone in the countryside, when it is appropriate, near as if no one. Ming Dynasty Feng Menglong's Xingshi Hengyan Volume 3 oil seller monopolizes Huakui: Meiniang says: "clothes and vegetables, death without complaint!" The eighth chapter of the scholars by Wu Jingzi in Qing Dynasty: in the past few years, the monarch of the family lived in the country, but he still lived as a Confucian. Chapter 44 of scholars: "my stupid brother doesn't have any hobbies either. My husband and wife take their sons with them, and they are very indifferent."

Chinese PinYin : bù yī shū shí