Eat ginger and drink vinegar

Eat ginger and drink vinegar

Biting ginger and sipping vinegar, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǎ Oji ā NGG ā C ù, which means to live a miserable life. It comes from the notes of laoxuean written by Lu You of Song Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

It describes the hardships of life.

The origin of Idioms

The sixth volume of notes of laoxue'an written by Lu You in Song Dynasty: "the main meal of Li temple is noodles, while the soldiers drive the storehouse, biting ginger and sipping vinegar."

Idiom usage

Usage: used as predicate, object and attribute; used in daily life

Examples

I'm afraid I won't be able to use it. I'm afraid I'll save everything. The twelfth chapter of the biography of Pingyao by Luo Guanzhong in Ming Dynasty.