live a simple life
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í B ù Qi ú g ā n, which means eating without sweetness. To describe a simple life. It comes from empress Ma of Mingde in the book of the later Han Dynasty.
The origin of Idioms
"I am the mother of the world, but I am not willing to eat, but I am the master of silk."
Idiom usage
To live frugally is to live frugally. It's hard to look back on the days of.
live a simple life
houses have adequate supplies and people live in contentment - jiā yīn rén zú