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)
basic necessities of life
husband and wife by the first marriage - jié fà fū qī
it is better to leave a deficiency uncovered than to have it covered without discretion - nìng quē wù làn
folly of trying to see the sky with a basin over one 's head - dài pén wàng tiān
condescend oneself to contact with people of humble status - qū gāo jiù xià