Drink ice and be ready to sprout

Drink ice and be ready to sprout

Yinbingru tiller, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ Nb ī NgR ú B ò, which means to live a hard life and be innocent. From notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - Huaixi magazine 3 by Ji Yun of Qing Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

It means to live a simple life and be innocent. It is the same as "drinking ice and eating tillers".

The origin of Idioms

Ji Yun of Qing Dynasty wrote in notes of Yuewei thatched cottage - Huaixi magazine 3: "if a woman has no ambition, she must not drink ice for decades."

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: drink ice to eat tiller, drink ice to swallow Berberis

Idiom usage

Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing