a feast in which figures every delicacy from land and sea(shuǐ lù bì chén)

a feast in which figures every delicacy from land and sea

Shui Lu Bi Chen, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Shu ǐ L ù B ì ch é n, which means all kinds of delicacies are displayed. Rich dishes. From light and fat.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: delicacies, water and land

Idiom usage

Guanglu temple is a place with rich dishes, rich water and rich land. The 40th chapter of Water Margin by Chen Chen in Qing Dynasty

The origin of Idioms

Bai Juyi's poem "light and fat" in the Tang Dynasty: "respect for the nine wine, the eight treasures of land and water."

Idiom story

In the Western Jin Dynasty, Shi Chong, the governor of Jingzhou, accumulated a lot of wealth by robbing foreign businessmen. He worked as a guard in the capital and wasted a lot. Wang Kai, the uncle of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, tried to compete with Shi Chong. Wang Kai was very proud to get a coral and got it to Shi Chong's home. Shi Chong gives Wang Kai his precious things. Wang Kai sighed that he was inferior to others.

Chinese PinYin : shuǐ lù bì chén