Food and clothing(è yī shū shí)

Food and clothing

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is è y ī sh ū sh í, which means poor food and clothing and describes simple life. It comes from Kong Yuanfang, a legend of immortals, written by Ge Hong of Jin Dynasty.

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: bad clothes and poor food, bad clothes and poor food, bad clothes and bad food

The origin of Idioms

In Jin Gehong's immortal biography kongyuanfang: "Yuanfang is merciful and has a bad taste for food and clothing."

Idiom usage

His wife swore to herself that she would not be allowed to eat and clothe ill, and that she would bow down to work hard, so that she could go to school in all directions. Sima Guang, Song Dynasty

Idiom explanation

Poor food and clothing. To describe a simple life. It is the same as "bad clothes and poor food".

Chinese PinYin : è yī shū shí