Food and clothing

Food and clothing

Food and clothing, Chinese idiom, Pinyin y ī Xi ā OSH í g à n, dress before dawn and eat after dark.

explain

He said that he would dress and get up before dawn and eat after dark. It is often used to flatter the emperor and be diligent in politics.

Classics

Tang Taizong's poem Zhi Qi Jing San Bian: two difficulties in clothing and sleeping, three fears in eating and dining. Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho, Ho. ——Zhang Juzheng of Ming Dynasty

usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing.