shù​shí​zhěn​liú

to live as a hermit

Senses

漱石枕流 shù​shí​zhěn​liú (also shù​shí​zhèn​liú) to live as a hermit

Living a life of noble seclusion, based on a famous slip of the tongue where a scholar meant to say "pillow the rocks and rinse in the stream" but said "rinse with rocks and pillow the stream"

References

synonym 漱石枕流/漱石枕流 枕石漱流/枕石漱流