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poor but clean

Time: 2022-01-30 21:44:03 Author: ChinaWiki.net

poor but clean

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ǎ oy ī m ù sh í, which means to weave grass for clothing and eat the fruits of trees to describe the hardships of life. From a dream of the Yellow sorghum.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan · Ma Zhiyuan's "a dream of yellow Sorghum" the first discount: "you are a family. You have never lived in grass and wood. You have worked hard. What's the use of happiness.

Idiom usage

Combined; as object and attribute; with derogatory meaning. example this monk has never lived a simple life. (the first fold of Wangjiang Pavilion by Guan Hanqing in Yuan Dynasty) Chapter 37 of Chronicles of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty by Feng Menglong in Ming Dynasty: "Jie Zitui is a man who takes his mother's life and lives in a deep valley. He lives in grass, clothes and food, and will end his life."

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