One pot in one pot

One pot in one pot

A dish of food, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ī D ā NY ī PI á o, which means a dish of food and a ladle of drink. It describes a scholar's contented life in poverty. From the Analects of Confucius Yongye chapter.

The origin of Idioms

Yongye chapter of the Analects of Confucius: "in a shabby lane, people can't bear to worry about food and drink, and they can't change their happiness."

Idiom usage

It is used as attributive and adverbial to describe poor life.

Idiom story

In the spring and Autumn period, Confucius especially liked his student Yan Hui of the state of Lu. He was born in a poor family and lived a simple life of "eating with food and drinking with water". However, he was very modest, and he never made the same mistake the second time. Confucius said with pride, "since I've come back, my disciples are close to each other." Unfortunately, he only lived 32 years.