Cooking pot(shí dān jiāng hú)

Cooking pot

The Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is sh í D ā NJI ā NGH ú, which means to welcome the support of the army, rice with chopsticks, water with a pot, reward. It comes from Mencius, the first king of Liang Hui.

Analysis of Idioms

Food pot paste

Idiom usage

It refers to the relationship between the army and the people

Examples

Gold Suojia Town, three pay, food, bamboo and rice pot parallel parents. Wang Feng's poem Zhang Wu Lue in Ming Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

The Warring States period, Zou mengke said in Mencius, the first king of Liang Hui: "it's impossible to defeat the kingdom of Wancheng with the kingdom of Wancheng, and to meet the king's division with food and water."

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, the tyranny of the Prime Minister of the state of Yan led by the generals and the crown prince led a crusade, resulting in domestic chaos. King Xuan of Qi took the opportunity to attack the state of Yan and control most of the territory. The people of the state of Yan welcomed the Qi army with food in chopsticks and drink in pots. King Xuan of Qi wanted to invade the state of Yan and consulted Mencius. Mencius said, "you will make them live in deep water.".

Chinese PinYin : shí dān jiāng hú