simple life

simple life

Plain clothes, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C à y à D à NF à n, which means simple diet and simple life. It comes from Song Dynasty Huang Tingjian's preface to the poems of Sixiu Daoshi.

The origin of Idioms

Huang Tingjian, Song Dynasty, wrote in his preface to the poems of the four retired guides: "if you have enough food and tea, you can retire immediately; if you have enough food and tea, you can retire immediately; if you have enough food and water, you can retire immediately; if you have enough food and water, you can retire immediately; if you have enough food and water, you can retire immediately; if you have enough food and water, you can retire immediately

Idiom usage

As an object or attributive, it refers to the simplicity of life. (the fourth fold of fan Zian's bamboo leaf boat in Yuan Dynasty)

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] simple food and tea