Rough clothes

Rough clothes

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is l ì sh í C ū y ī, which means coarse cloth clothes, coarse food; it refers to poor life. It's from Zhang Xie's number one scholar, Zhang Xie funded by Dagong.

Notes on Idioms

Zhen: coarse rice.

The origin of Idioms

In Song Dynasty, Wu Mingshi's "Zhang Xie's number one scholar, the grand duke subsidizes Zhang Xie", it is said that "slaves provide food and coarse clothes."

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] coarse clothes and delicious food [antonym]: rich clothes and delicious food

Idiom usage

It refers to living in poverty. You are not ashamed to be dishevelled and dirty, and you are not ashamed to eat rough clothes. (Xijiang moon by Ma Yu in Yuan Dynasty)