Cold and hunger(jī hán jiāo còu)

Cold and hunger

Hunger and cold, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is j ī h á NJI ā OC ò u, meaning food and clothing, hungry and cold. It describes living in extreme poverty. The same as "cold and hunger". It comes from the biography of Yuan Zhan in the book of Song Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

The biography of Yuan Zhan in the book of the Song Dynasty: "if you don't pay attention to the origin, you will end up enriching the chapter; if you mix hunger and cold, you will not stand up for shame."

Analysis of Idioms

Cold and hunger

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate, attribute and object to describe extreme poverty

Chinese PinYin : jī hán jiāo còu