I'm afraid of millet
The Chinese idiom, B ì t í è s ù in pinyin, refers to poor food and clothing. It comes from the text of sacrificing fan Yingzhou.
The origin of Idioms
Wang Anshi of Song Dynasty wrote in the book of sacrificing to fan Yingzhou: "young master Yiyi, I'm an evil millet."
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] my clothes and food
Idiom usage
Grammar: used as object and attribute; refers to hard life.
I'm afraid of millet
would end life in a fit of bitterness - fèn bù yù shēng
barter the trunk for the branches - qù běn qū mò
frank by nature with a ready tongue - kǒu zhí xīn kuài
find amusement when the occasion arises - féng chǎng zuò qù