疏水箪瓢 — Chinese idiom
疏水箪瓢
shū shuǐ dān piáo
Traditional: 疏水簞瓢
Meaning
- little water and few utensils
- to live a frugal life
Character by character
- 疏shūto neglect; to dredge, to clear away; lax, careles
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 箪dāna small bamboo basket for rice
- 瓢piáoa ladle made from a dried gourd
Idioms sharing a character
- 仗义疏财 zhàng yì shū cái
- 才疏学浅 cái shū xué qiǎn
- 疏谋少略 shū móu shǎo lüè
- 疏不间亲 shū bù jiàn qīn
- 疏财仗义 shū cái zhàng yì
- 疏财重义 shū cái zhòng yì
- 亲疏贵贱 qīn shū guì jiàn
- 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
- 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
- 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng
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