the hardest life of a widow(yǐn bīng shí bò)

the hardest life of a widow

Drinking ice and eating Berberis, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ Nb ī ngsh í bॸ, which means drinking cold water and eating bitter things; it describes life as pure and miserable and being innocent. It comes from three years as a history of assassins.

Notes on Idioms

Berberis, the name of wood. It is Phellodendron amurense. Also known as "Huangbai".

The origin of Idioms

Bai Juyi's poem "three years is the history of assassins" in Tang Dynasty: "three years is the history of assassins, drink ice and eat Berberis. Only to Tianzhu Mountain, get two pieces of stone. "

Idiom usage

It refers to the miserable life. When you drink ice and eat Berberis, you sit in poverty and feel the bristles and beards on the stars. An essay on Sui Wan by Wang Mai of Song Dynasty

Analysis of Idioms

Drink ice like a vine

Chinese PinYin : yǐn bīng shí bò