live a simple life
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í B ù Qi ú g ā n, which means eating without sweetness. To describe a simple life. It comes from empress Ma of Mingde in the book of the later Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
"I am the mother of the world, but I am not willing to eat, but I am the master of silk."
Idiom usage
To live frugally is to live frugally. It's hard to look back on the days of.
Chinese PinYin : shí bù qiú gān
live a simple life
at the death of one 's father or mother. qì xuè jī sǎng
be able to withstand heavy battering. diān pū bù mó
Power and rank are inferior. quán zhòng zhì bēi
The handle of a hundred years. bǎi nián zhī bǐng
Driving thunder and lightning. qū léi cè diàn