Quail drinking

Quail drinking

Quail drinking, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ch ú NJ ú K ò uy ǐ n, which means a simple life without seeking enjoyment. It comes from the biography of Xue Daoheng in the book of Sui Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

According to the biography of Xue Daoheng in the book of Sui Dynasty, "quail drinking is not different from the Yu people."

Idiom usage

To live frugally is to live frugally. Examples: biographies of Wang Chong, Wang Fu and Zhong Changtong in the book of the later Han Dynasty: "I think that the world is not Xu and court, and people drink well.". Chuang Tzu · heaven and earth: "the sage of husband lives in the quail and feeds on it, while the bird walks in the sky but does not show up."