eat dry bread or grass

eat dry bread or grass

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is f à nqi à R ú C à o, which means eating dry food and wild vegetables; it describes the hardships of life. It's from Mencius with all his heart.

Idiom explanation

Rice, Ru: eat; embarrassment: dry food; grass: wild vegetables.

The origin of Idioms

"Mencius heart down": "Shun's food embarrassment Ru Cao also, if will be lifelong Yan?"

Idiom usage

It can be used as an object and attribute to describe the hardships of life. The story of Shun's life in the mountains is recorded in ancient books. (Mencius, dongshushushushushuji, written by Chen Li in Qing Dynasty) the Red Army of Chinese workers and peasants climbed the snow mountain, crossed the grassland, and finally arrived in Northern Shaanxi.