Food, vegetables and drinking water(fàn shū yǐn shuǐ)

Food, vegetables and drinking water

Food, vegetables and drinking water, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f à NSH à y à nshu à, which means to describe the life of being free from desires and contented with poverty. From the Analects of Confucius.

The origin of Idioms

In the Analects of Confucius, it is said, "Confucius said:" if you eat sparsely and drink water, you can bend your arms and rest on it. Music is also in it. Unrighteousness is rich and expensive. It's like a cloud to me. "

Idiom usage

As the subject, object, attribute, refers to the poor life, the guest do not laugh at me. When you look at the floating clouds from a high place, you will feel happy in the middle. Song · Xin Qiji's poem "gushanxi · Zhao Changfu's one hill and one gully rhyme, Gaogu because of its style"

Chinese PinYin : fàn shū yǐn shuǐ