be plain in one 's style of living

be plain in one 's style of living

Hard work and plain living, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ji ā NK ǔ P ǔ s ù, which means the style of hard work and thrift. From Li Zicheng.

The origin of Idioms

Yao xueyin's "Li Zicheng" Volume I Chapter 17: "in order to achieve this great political goal and strive to achieve plain living."

Idiom usage

Combined; as predicate and attribute; with commendatory meaning. Mao Zedong's speech at the second plenary session of the Eighth Central Committee of the Communist Party of China: "we should build a country with diligence and thrift, oppose extravagance and waste, and advocate plain living and sharing weal and woe." In Dr. Bethune, Zhou Erfu said, "the first lesson we learned was hard work and plain living."