Definition of 箪食瓢飲 (たんしひょういん)
たんしひょういん
箪食瓢飲
たんしひょういん
tanshihyouin
noun
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simple food and drink, being content with a frugal life, a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink(obscure, yojijukugo)(from the Analects of Confucius)
Other readings:
簞食瓢飲【たんしひょういん】
Related Kanji
| 箪 | bamboo rice basket |
| 食 | eat, food |
| 瓢 | gourd |
| 飲 | drink, smoke, take |
| 簞 | small bamboo basket for holding |