Drinking water and eating vegetables
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ nshu ǐ sh í sh ū, which means to describe the hardships of life. The same as "drinking water and sipping Shu". From the biography of Gao Shizhuan Lao laizi.
The origin of Idioms
The story of Lao laizi written by Huang Fumi of Jin Dynasty: "Guanjia is the wall, Penghao is the room, branches are the bed, yarrow is the mat, water and vegetables are the food, and the mountain is cultivated and sown."
Idiom usage
It refers to the hardship of life.
Chinese PinYin : yǐn shuǐ shí shū
Drinking water and eating vegetables
extravagant or luxurious lifestyle. zhōng gǔ zhuàn yù
have eyebrows like a dragon 's , and eyes like those of a phoenix. lóng méi fèng mù
efficiency comes from diligence. yè jīng yú qín
get rid of the old to make way for the new. chú jiù bù xīn
the paper is too short to describe one 's deep feeling. qíng cháng zhǐ duǎn