sumptuous food and luxurious clothings(yù shí jǐn yī)

live an extravagant life

The synonym "jade food" generally refers to "jade food". Chinese idioms, Pinyin is j ǐ NY ī y ù sh í, which means to describe luxurious life. It comes from the biography of Chang Jing in the book of Wei.

Idiom explanation

Jinyi: colorful clothes; Yushi: precious food. Beautiful food and clothing. Describe a luxurious life.

The origin of Idioms

"Wei Shu · Chang Jing Zhuan" said: "rich clothing and good food, you can Yi its shape."

Idiom usage

In the book of Wei, Volume 82, biography of Chang jingzhuan, it is said that "if you have rich clothes and good food, you can enjoy your shape." Sima Guang of the Song Dynasty wrote in his book "training thrifty to show health" that "although my salary today is rich, I can't afford it." Li Dongyang of the Ming Dynasty wrote "taizailu, a great master of Shen'an, describes himself in rhyme and answers Ya Huai with a long rhythm" in his book birthday: "it's not my pleasure to eat meat and clothes well, but my heart will not be strong." Feng Menglong, Ming Dynasty, Volume 3 of Xingshi Hengyan, oil peddler monopolizes Huakui: how can the little lady live in Xiaoke's house? Volume 13 of Ling Mengchu's "surprise at the first carving" in Ming Dynasty: "Kuang is rich in clothes and food, and he will return to himself; when he is hungry and cold, he will appoint his two relatives." In the biography of Lu Kun in the history of the Ming Dynasty, it is said that "if you have good clothes and good food, you don't know that Xiao Min Qi is cold, hot, rainy, frozen and discouraged." Also known as "meat and clothing". Shen Fu's six chapters of a floating life: sorrow in the rough: Kuang jinyiyushi may not be satisfied with jingchaibuskirt, but rather regret it. Keling's "fragrant snow sea: water flowing thousands of miles back to the sea" said: "he grew up in a rich life, and experienced a life of sound and lust."

Discrimination of words

Synonyms: spoiled, extravagant; Antonyms: thrifty, frugal, rough

Chinese PinYin : yù shí jǐn yī