eat sparingly because of poverty(duàn jī huà zhōu)

eat sparingly because of poverty

Duan Cuan Huacong, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin Du Cuan NJ Cuan Hu Cuan zh Cuan u, describes poor but hard-working.

explain

Poor as he is, he studies hard.

Classics

[song] Shi Wenying's Xiang Shan Ye Lu: Fan Zhongyan was a poor man. He studied in the monk's house in Changbai Mountain and made a porridge. After staying for three years, he took four pieces of knife and painting, and took two pieces sooner or later. He cut off dozens of stems and ate them. "Shuyan story · painstaking learning · Duan Zhuhua gruel": poor but mechanical, Duan Zhuhua gruel. (Song Dynasty) Wei Tai's Dongxuan notes: only two liters of corn are cooked to make a porridge, which is then congealed for the night. The knife is divided into four pieces, and two pieces are taken sooner or later. Dozens of stems are broken, and half a bowl is made of vinegar. Then a little salt is added to warm it.

Discrimination

Synonym: frugal antonym: extravagant, spendthrift usage: combined; as predicate, attribute; with commendatory meaning.

allusion

During the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan was poor when he was a child, so he had to live in a temple and study day and night. His daily life was very miserable. He used two liters of millet to cook porridge. After the porridge was solidified overnight, he used a knife to cut everything into four pieces. He ate two pieces in the morning and two pieces in the evening, and then cut some pickles. After studying hard, he was finally admitted as an official. His wise saying is: first worry about the world, then happiness.

Chinese PinYin : duàn jī huà zhōu