A piece of bamboo
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ù NH è PI á OD ā n, which means to wear coarse clothes. The food is ladybugs and chopsticks. Life is very miserable. It's from the book "worship my younger brother and respect Yuanwen".
Notes on Idioms
缊: old cotton, tangled. Brown: coarse cloth clothes. Ladle: drinking utensils. Dao: Bamboo utensil for holding rice.
The origin of Idioms
Tao Qian of Jin Dynasty wrote in the article of worshiping my younger brother for Yuan: "there is no brown in winter, but it is thirsty in summer."
Idiom usage
Used as an object or attribute; used in writing
A piece of bamboo
cut the weeds and dig up the roots - chǎn cǎo chú gēn
hide different purposes behind the semblance of accord - tóng chuáng gè mèng
mount taishan and the north star - tài shān běi dǒu
the graceful strokes of calligraphic works - měi nǚ zān huā
with roast turtle and minced carp - fèng biē kuài lǐ