Eating meat with good clothes(yì jǐn shí ròu)

Eating meat with good clothes

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ì J ǐ NSH í R ò u, which means to wear beautiful clothes and eat meat. To describe a life of abundance. It also refers to the living of officials. It comes from the book of Shang Jun, land calculation.

The origin of Idioms

According to the book of Shang Jun Suan Di, "if there are some punishments, a gentleman will take his place; if he is rich in clothes and eats meat, a villain will hope for his profit." "The sequel of Pinghua in the former Han Dynasty" says: "Han Xin is looking forward to eating meat and clothing. Who hopes to seize the seal and cherish hatred is not like a scholar in Mangdang Mountain."

Idiom usage

Examples

"Tujue" in ZhouShu: "Tujue in the capital, and to treat with good ceremony, often with a thousand."

Chinese PinYin : yì jǐn shí ròu