Drink ice and be ready to sprout(yǐn bīng rú bò)
Drink ice and be ready to sprout
Yinbingru tiller, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ Nb ī NgR ú B ò, which means to live a hard life and be innocent. From notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - Huaixi magazine 3 by Ji Yun of Qing Dynasty.
Idiom explanation
It means to live a simple life and be innocent. It is the same as "drinking ice and eating tillers".
The origin of Idioms
Ji Yun of Qing Dynasty wrote in notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - Huaixi magazine 3: "if a woman has no ambition, she must not drink ice for decades."
Analysis of Idioms
Synonyms: drink ice to eat tiller, drink ice to swallow Berberis
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing
Chinese PinYin : yǐn bīng rú bò
Drink ice and be ready to sprout
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