Food for the West and sleep for the East(xī shí dōng mián)

Food for the West and sleep for the East

Xi Shi Dong Mian, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is x ī sh í D ō ngmi á n, which means eating in the West and sleeping in the East. It is a metaphor for a greedy man who tries to have both. It's from the flowers of the evil sea.

Idiom explanation

Eat in the West and sleep in the East. It is a metaphor for a greedy man who tries to have both.

The origin of Idioms

The thirty first chapter of Zeng Pu's "flowers of the evil sea" in the Qing Dynasty: "when others know it's a matter of life and sex, who dares to talk too much, put Ji Dong upside down, take everything in, eat everything in the West and sleep in the East, and enjoy more than a year's happiness."

Analysis of Idioms

East food and West lodging

Idiom usage

As predicate and attribute

Chinese PinYin : xī shí dōng mián