Mulberry belt

Mulberry belt

Sangshuweidai, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s à ngsh à w é ID à I, which means to describe a poor family. It's from Chuang Tzu rang Wang.

Notes on Idioms

Mulberry pivot, the doorshaft of mulberry wood. Wei belt, leather belt without decoration.

The origin of Idioms

Zhuangzi: Yuan Xian Ju Lu "I don't think so."

Idiom usage

As an object or attribute; used in life. Example: Han Jiashan's Zhiyan: "a man of fubuyi and weidai, who cultivates himself inside and becomes famous outside." Liang Jiangyan's book on the king Jianping in prison: "the lower official is a man of Penghu and sangshu, and a man of buyiwei." Luo Binwang of Tang Dynasty wrote in the book "the boss is lietaichang Boqi": "a certain penglu cloth clothes, sang Shuwei belt."