箪食瓢饮 dānsìpiáoyǐn to live in poverty Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 箪食瓢饮 簞食瓢飲 dānsìpiáoyǐn to live in poverty (literary) Describes a life of extreme poverty where one remains content and dedicated to their principles; literally a bowl of food and a ladle of water. Referring to Confucius's disciple 颜回 yánhuí. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References See 颜回 yánhuí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
箪食瓢饮 簞食瓢飲 dānsìpiáoyǐn to live in poverty (literary) Describes a life of extreme poverty where one remains content and dedicated to their principles; literally a bowl of food and a ladle of water. Referring to Confucius's disciple 颜回 yánhuí. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References See 颜回 yánhuí Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
