have ample food and clothing(fēng yī zú shí)

have ample food and clothing

Food and clothing, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is f ē ngy ī Z ú sh í, meaning to wear and eat are very rich enough. To describe a rich life. From Tang Zhiyan.

Idiom explanation

Foot: enough. They are well dressed and well fed. To describe a rich life.

The origin of Idioms

Wang Dingbao's "Tang Zhiyan" in the Five Dynasties, Volume 15: "Tangtou officials are well-dressed and well fed

Idiom usage

In Han huankuan's on salt and iron, it is said that "Yao Fu province makes people rich; warm clothes and food are plentiful; new food is stored; silk is used; cattle and horses are flocked." Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty's "awakening to the world and constant speech Volume 36": no need to cry, but also you go here to have plenty of food and clothing, and be free and happy! It's better to be angry with the first wife at Bian's house. In the 18th chapter of Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in the Qing Dynasty: "the plum family, the girl of naqin, has married. I heard that she is well fed and well clothed." "selected works of Mao Zedong · organizing": we have achieved the goal of enriching ourselves with our own hands.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] rich clothes and good food, settle down and have a good life

Chinese PinYin : fēng yī zú shí