Acorn, cablin and oyster
Xiangru Huo, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Xi à NgR ú Hu à Chu à, which means to take acorn as rice and bean leaf as soup; generally refers to poor diet. From the story of Wei Cai Xuan.
The origin of Idioms
Fang Xiaoru of the Ming Dynasty wrote in the story of Wei Cai Xuan: "the banquet of eight treasures and nine cauldrons is expensive, and the room of oak, Ru, Huo and she is cheap
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; used in life, etc.
Acorn, cablin and oyster
confirmed habits are hard to get rid of - jí zhòng nán fǎn
crisscross chariot tracks and drooping banners - zhé luàn qí mǐ
sleep in the same bed but dream different dreams - tóng chuáng yì mèng
different from the ordinary tune - xīng yún zhì yǔ
plan very carefully with every conceivable possibility taken into account - móu wú yí cè