eat sparingly because of poverty

eat sparingly because of poverty

Duancuan gruel, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Du à NJ à Ku à izh à u, which means that the food is simple and meager. It describes the poor and mechanical, and is the same as "duancuan gruel". It comes from the preface to the 50th birthday of Jingqing, pan Futing.

The origin of Idioms

Feng Guifen's preface to the 50th birthday of Pan Futing's Jingqing in Qing Dynasty: "Shaoling's thatched cottage in autumn has the wish of building a vast mansion; Xiwen's gruel is broken, and he has the ambition of being happy before he worries."

Idiom usage

It refers to living in poverty. The original annotation of "Gongsheng was two years old and lonely" in the record of words and deeds of famous officials of Five Dynasties · fan wenzhenggong participating in politics quoted the Song Wei Tai's Dongxuan record: "Gong (Fan Zhongyan) Shao and Liu went to Changbai monk's house to study, but he cooked two liters of corn and made a porridge. After staying in bed, he congealed and drew four pieces of knife. Sooner or later, he took two pieces and broke dozens of stems If you put in a little salt, you can eat it warm. Three years. "