Strike the bell and eat the tripod(jī zhōng dǐng shí)

Strike the bell and eat the tripod

The Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī zh ō NGD ǐ ngsh í, which means striking the bell at the same time. It describes the luxurious life of the noble or rich. From Xijing Fu.

The origin of Idioms

In the ode to Xijing written by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty, it is said that "beating the bell and eating the food, even riding the horse." Ji Kang's "Bu Yi" in the Three Kingdoms period: "it's better to gather hundreds of billions of goods and strike the bell at the end of the day; is the pillow fragrant and graceful?"

Analysis of Idioms

Chen Ding

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attribute; used in life

Chinese PinYin : jī zhōng dǐng shí