the crumbs which fall from one 's master 's table(yú bēi lěng zhì)

the crumbs which fall from one 's master 's table

Yu Bei Lengzhi, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ú B ē IL ě ngzh ì, meaning to eat the rest of the wine and food. It comes from Tang Xianzu's Peony Pavilion, dream seeking.

The origin of Idioms

Tang Xianzu of the Ming Dynasty wrote in Peony Pavilion, seeking a dream: "it is better to use the remaining cup to cold roast than the remaining powder and cream."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonym: leftovers

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; of the rest

Idiom explanation

Refers to eating the rest of the wine and food.

Chinese PinYin : yú bēi lěng zhì