Picking rafters is not enough

Picking rafters is not enough

Caichuanbuzhuo is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is C ǎ ichu á Nb ù Zhu ó, which means simple life. It's from Han Feizi five beetles.

Idiom explanation

Mining: oak.

The origin of Idioms

"Han Feizi five beetles:" the king of Yao, the world also, Mao Ci not Jian, pick rafters not Zhuo

Analysis of Idioms

A synonym: Mao CI Bu Jian

Idiom usage

The house is poor. The poem "Du Guan Shan" written by Cao Cao in Han Dynasty: "it's not as good as Tang Yao. The world sighs at Boyi, and wants to be vulgar. " Chapter 98 of Shi Yukun's Xiao Wu Yi in Qing Dynasty: "but he is content to be thrifty. Mao CI doesn't cut, he doesn't pick rafters, and his concubines don't pay attention to their clothes and food."