Rope bed and tile stove(shéng chuáng wǎ zào)
Rope bed and tile stove
Sheng chuanwa Zao, a Chinese idiom, is sh é ngchu á NGW à Z à o in pinyin, which means simple and crude daily utensils. I'm very poor. From the first chapter of a dream of Red Mansions.
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] poverty, meager food and money
The origin of Idioms
The first chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "so the thatched rafters, the rope bed and the tile stove are not enough to hinder my mind."
Idiom usage
It is used as predicate and clause to describe a poor family with commendatory meaning. example although he was born in a noble family, he was a man of humble birth.
Chinese PinYin : shéng chuáng wǎ zào
Rope bed and tile stove
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