basic necessities of life

basic necessities of life

Clothing, food, housing and transportation, a Chinese idiom, pronounced y ī sh í zh ù x í ng, refers to the basic needs of life, such as clothing, food, housing and transportation. From people's livelihood

Idiom explanation

Dressing, eating, lodging, traveling. It generally refers to the basic needs of life.

The origin of Idioms

Sun Yat Sen's "people's livelihood doctrine" third: "everyone can do their own duties, we can naturally get the four needs of clothing, food, housing and transportation."

Idiom usage

It refers to the basic needs of people. He remembered that all of premier sun's teachings were to solve the problem. (Comedy II by Mao Dun)