Drinking water and eating vegetables
Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ǐ nshu ǐ sh í sh ū, which means to describe the hardships of life. The same as "drinking water and sipping Shu". From the biography of Gao Shizhuan Lao laizi.
The origin of Idioms
The story of Lao laizi written by Huang Fumi of Jin Dynasty: "Guanjia is the wall, Penghao is the room, branches are the bed, yarrow is the mat, water and vegetables are the food, and the mountain is cultivated and sown."
Idiom usage
It refers to the hardship of life.
Drinking water and eating vegetables
asking the judge to write a lenient sentence - bǐ dǐ chāo shēng
a region , where the cultivation of rice and the breeding of fish flourish - yú mǐ zhī dì
punish one as a warning to a hundred - chéng yī jǐng bǎi
act disorderly and care for nobody - sì xíng wú jì
seize an opportunity to start doing sth. - chéng jiān tóu xì