remains of a meal
remains of a meal
Leftover soup, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C á NT à ngsh è NGF à n, meaning to eat the rest of the soup. It comes from a dream of butterflies by Guan Hanqing.
Idiom usage
I beg for leftovers like a dog begging for bones.
Analysis of Idioms
Synonym: leftovers antonym: delicacies
The origin of Idioms
No. 3 of Guan Hanqing's butterfly dream: "my three children are all on death row. I ordered some leftovers and sent them to each child to eat."
Idiom explanation
Remnant: the rest. Eat the rest of the soup.
remains of a meal
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