have meal with only one dish

have meal with only one dish

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í B ù è RW è I, which means eating without two dishes. It's called frugal diet. It comes from Zuo Zhuan AI Nian.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: overeating, overeating, overeating

Idiom usage

In order to share the same interests with the people, it is the same with the former gentlemen. Da Dai Li Ji · AI Gong Wen Yu Confucius

The origin of Idioms

"Zuo Zhuan · AI ad Nian" says: "in the past, he Lu had neither food nor food, neither food nor banquet, neither room nor altar, neither utensils nor carving, neither palace nor view, neither boats nor carts, neither clothes nor money "Han Feizi, the lower left side of waichu Theory:" food is not good, sitting is not important. "