Depend on the mountain to eat the mountain, depend on the water to eat the water(kào shān chī shān，kào shuǐ chī shuǐ)

Depend on the mountain to eat the mountain, depend on the water to eat the water

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It means to live on whatever conditions you have in your place. It refers to adjusting measures to local conditions according to one's own existing conditions. [source] the third volume of Xingshi Hengyan written by Feng Menglong of Ming Dynasty: "since ancient times, we have to rely on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat rivers." [example] ~, depend on the king of hell to eat imps. Shangrao concentration camp in Fujian

Chinese PinYin : kào shān chī shān，kào shuǐ chī shuǐ