have food spread out ten feet square -- live in luxury(shí qián fāng zhàng)

have food spread out ten feet square -- live in luxury

Shiqianfangzhang, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í Qi á NF à ngzhang à ng, which means that when eating, a square place in front of you is full of food. It's about eating rich. It's from Mencius with all his heart.

The origin of Idioms

I've had hundreds of concubines, and I'm determined to do it. Mencius with all his heart

Biography of lienvzhuan Volume 2 biography of sages: Chu Yuling's wife

When the king of Chu heard that Yu Lingzi was a wise man in the end, he wanted to make an emissary hold Jin Baiyi and invite him to meet him. Yu Lingzi finally said, "if you have a concubine with a broom, please come in and plan for it. Then he called his wife and said, "the king of Chu wants to take me as his prime minister and send messengers to hold gold. Today is the prime minister, tomorrow is the end of the chain, the food Abbot in front, OK? "The wife said," master weaves for food, not with the things. Music is one of them. If you are married, you will not be able to bear your knees. Eating Abbot in front of you, you can't be more than a piece of meat. Today, we are worried about the state of Chu by the comfort of our knees and the taste of our flesh! In troubled times, I was afraid that my husband would not protect his life. "So the son finally gave thanks to the messenger and refused. So he fled with each other and became a man to irrigate the garden. The gentleman called Yu Ling's wife virtuous. The poem says, "a good man is a virtuous person. It's called "the same thing.".

Idiom story

During the Warring States period, Mencius asked his students to actively publicize their own political ideas, not to be discouraged, not to be intimidated by the other party's prestige. In the face of these princes and ministers, the abbot of food, and hundreds of concubines, it immediately occurred to me that once I was successful, I would never be as timid as they were.

Analysis of Idioms

[similar words] Master of food, master of case, master of taste

On the other hand, it is hard to eat

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and attributive to describe the wealth of eating.

Examples

The 57th chapter of Li Baojia's a brief history of civilization in Qing Dynasty: "I can't help admiring the behavior of hundreds of old people's servants and concubines."

The first book of the romance of the Western Chamber written by Wang Shifu of Yuan Dynasty: "I think my first husband is in Japan, and I have hundreds of followers. Today's closest relatives are so sad!"

Mingshen wrote his own "whip geisha" and said, "I'm old and weak. I've had dozens of concubines and I deserve it."

In the palace of eternal life, offering rice, Hongsheng of Qing Dynasty said: "ordinary, he is a senior official in the imperial palace. He eats jade, cooks gold, and eats the former abbot. He is so precious and shameful that he can't reconcile himself properly."

Chinese PinYin : shí qián fāng zhàng