live in straitened circumstances
She Shu drinking water, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Chu ò sh ū y ǐ nshu ǐ, drink bean porridge drink white water. It's a metaphor for life. It comes from Han huankuan's on salt and iron filial piety.
The origin of Idioms
Han huankuan's "on salt and iron · filial piety" said: "drinking water in sheshu is enough to show respect."
Idiom usage
It refers to the hardship of life. In the biography of Zhai Zhuang in the book of Jin: "no more fishing in the late Festival. You live in jueman and drink water in Jueshu."
Chinese PinYin : pá shū yǐn shuǐ
live in straitened circumstances
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