Live and die
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ ngsh ē ngs ò ngzh ō ng, which means that children's support and funeral for their parents are the same as "support life and death". It comes from Ben Yi, a treatise on salt and iron.
The origin of Idioms
Han huankuan's "on salt and iron · Ben Yi" said: "the red lacquer feather of Longshu, the leather bone elephant of Jingyang, the bamboo arrow of Nanzi in Jiangnan, the fish and salt fur of Yanqi, the lacquer silk feather of Yanyu, are the tools for life and death."
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.
Chinese PinYin : yǎng shēng sòng zhōng
Live and die
Moisten the house and the body. rùn wū rùn shēn
Eastern and Western austerity. dōng zǔn xī jié
the colour of the silk will be changed as it is dyed. rǎn sī zhī biàn
The sound of flies and the sound of frogs. yíng shēng wā zào
trifling pecuniary assistance. dǒu shēng zhī shuǐ
hearing heavenly music played. jūn tiān guǎng yuè