Rope bed and tile stove

Rope bed and tile stove

Sheng chuanwa Zao, a Chinese idiom, is sh é ngchu á NGW à Z à o in pinyin, which means simple and crude daily utensils. I'm very poor. From the first chapter of a dream of Red Mansions.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] poverty, meager food and money

The origin of Idioms

The first chapter of a dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "so the thatched rafters, the rope bed and the tile stove are not enough to hinder my mind."

Idiom usage

It is used as predicate and clause to describe a poor family with commendatory meaning. example although he was born in a noble family, he was a man of humble birth.