布帛菽粟 — Chinese idiom
布帛菽粟
bù bó shū sù
Meaning
- (lit.) cloth, silk, beans and grain
- (fig.) food and clothing; daily necessities
Character by character
- 布bùcotton, linen, textiles; to announce, to declare;
- 帛bósilk, fabric; wealth, property
- 菽shūlegumes
- 粟sùoats, millet, barley
Idioms sharing a character
- 排兵布阵 pái bīng bù zhèn
- 推陈布新 tuī chén bù xīn
- 星罗棋布 xīng luó qí bù
- 开诚布公 kāi chéng bù gōng
- 除旧布新 chú jiù bù xīn
- 不辨菽麦 bù biàn shū mài
- 沧海一粟 cāng hǎi yī sù
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