remains of a meal(cán tāng shèng fàn)

remains of a meal

Leftover soup, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C á NT à ngsh è NGF à n, meaning to eat the rest of the soup. It comes from a dream of butterflies by Guan Hanqing.

Idiom usage

I beg for leftovers like a dog begging for bones.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: leftovers antonym: delicacies

The origin of Idioms

No. 3 of Guan Hanqing's butterfly dream: "my three children are all on death row. I ordered some leftovers and sent them to each child to eat."

Idiom explanation

Remnant: the rest. Eat the rest of the soup.

Chinese PinYin : cán tāng shèng fàn