A piece of bamboo
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ù NH è PI á OD ā n, which means to wear coarse clothes. The food is ladybugs and chopsticks. Life is very miserable. It's from the book "worship my younger brother and respect Yuanwen".
Notes on Idioms
缊: old cotton, tangled. Brown: coarse cloth clothes. Ladle: drinking utensils. Dao: Bamboo utensil for holding rice.
The origin of Idioms
Tao Qian of Jin Dynasty wrote in the article of worshiping my younger brother for Yuan: "there is no brown in winter, but it is thirsty in summer."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing
Chinese PinYin : yùn hè piáo dān
A piece of bamboo
whenever and wherever possible. suí shí suí dì
keep the public interest in mind. chū yǐ gōng xīn
win victory the moment one raises one 's standard. qí kāi dé shèng