朝饔夕飧 — Chinese idiom
朝饔夕飧
zhāo yōng xī sūn
Meaning
- (lit.) breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening
- (fig.) to do nothing but eat and drink
Character by character
- 朝zhāoto face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
- 饔yōngbreakfast; to eat prepared food
- 夕xīevening, night, dusk; slanted
- 飧sūndinner, supper; cooked food
Idioms sharing a character
- 一朝一夕 yī zhāo yī xī
- 人生朝露 rén shēng zhāo lù
- 危如朝露 wēi rú zhāo lù
- 危若朝露 wēi ruò zhāo lù
- 只争朝夕 zhǐ zhēng zhāo xī
- 四脚朝天 sì jiǎo cháo tiān
- 朝三暮四 zhāo sān mù sì
- 朝不保夕 zhāo bù bǎo xī
- 朝不虑夕 zhāo bù lǜ xī
- 朝乾夕惕 zhāo qián xī tì
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