Drinking water(yǐn shuǐ chuò shū)

Drinking water

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ nshu ǐ Chu ò sh ū, meaning hungry to eat bean soup, thirsty to drink water. It comes from the book of rites under the tan Gong by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In the book of rites, under the tan Gong, written by Dai Sheng in the Western Han Dynasty, Confucius said, "if you drink water, you can enjoy it. This is called filial piety."

Idiom usage

Only Yan's son, who lives in a poor lane, has no false outside. Su Zhe's reply to Huang Tingjian in Song Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : yǐn shuǐ chuò shū