Village wine and wild vegetables(cūn jiǔ yě shū)

Village wine and wild vegetables

Village wine and wild vegetables, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ū NJI ǔ y ě sh ū, which means the wine brewed in the countryside and the vegetables planted in the field. It describes the poor life with weak food and wine. From shuotang.

Idiom explanation

Country wine, field vegetables. It is used to describe a poor life.

The origin of Idioms

In the third chapter of Tang Shuo by Wu Mingshi in the Qing Dynasty: "I can keep a few acres of countryside, support my mother, drink wine and wild vegetables, and talk with my confidants."

Idiom usage

He is poor in food and drink

Chinese PinYin : cūn jiǔ yě shū