Nine steams and three shrimps
The Chinese idiom, Ji ǔ zh ē ngs ā NSH ē ng in pinyin, means that the heat rises to steam and the fire dries to steam. It means that it has been tempered for a long time. From "folk song steamer".
The idiom comes from Feng Menglong's folk song steamer of Ming Dynasty: "I used to be nine steamers and three steamers
Nine steams and three shrimps
full of empty phrases on a scrap of paper - mǎn zhǐ kōng yán
each family is provided for and each person is well-fed and well-clothed - rén jǐ jiā zú
one 's methods are more than human - shén jī miào suàn
one 's neighbours and people in the street - jiē fāng lín lǐ