mountain food and wild vegetables
Shanyao Yesu, a Chinese idiom, is pronounced sh ā NY á oy ě s ù, which means game and wild vegetable. Ouyang Xiu, Song Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
Ouyang Xiu of Song Dynasty wrote in the story of the drunken man's Pavilion: "the mountain food, wild Su, is miscellaneous, but the former Chen's banquet is also a feast for the emperor."
Idiom usage
It is rare for two generals to be here today, and they have the right to receive the wind. (chapter 35 of the complete biography of Shuoyue by Qian Cai in Qing Dynasty)
mountain food and wild vegetables
a thousand deaths will not atone for one 's crime - zuì bù shèng zhū
turn material resources to good account - wù jìn qí yòng
be courteous to the wise and condescending to scholars - lǐ xián xià shì
Travel through rivers and mountains - shuǐ xiǔ shān xíng
like a parasite whose four limbs do not toil - sì tǐ bù qín