Eating without meat

Eating without meat

The Chinese idiom, sh í B ù Ji ā NR ò u in pinyin, means that there are no two kinds of meat when eating; it describes a simple diet. It's from Yin Wenzi on the road.

The origin of Idioms

Yin Wenzi · Da Dao Shang: "in the past, the state of Jin suffered from extravagance. The Duke of Wen corrected it with thrift, but he didn't pay attention to silk in clothing and meat in food. In a few days, people were dressed in big cloth and had rice for threshing."

Idiom usage

As a predicate or attribute; used in life. (example) in the biography of Guan Yan in historical records: "Yan's baby is both equal, and they don't eat meat, and their concubines don't wear silk."