食无求饱 (食無求飽) shí wú qiú bǎo
shí wú qiú bǎo
set phrase
with regard to food, use restraint
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Quote: idiom suggesting living modestly in general, from Book 1 學而 Xue Er of the 論語 “Analects of Confucius” (retranslated from Legge 1861, vol. 1, Confucian Analects, p. 7; Guoyu '食無求飽')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 1. 《學而》 Xue Er The Analects of Confucius 論語 — count: 1
- 卷九十九上 王莽傳 Volume 99a: Wang Mang 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 1
- 《學而第一》 Commentary on Xue Er I Commentaries on the Four Books by Zhu Xi 朱熹四書章句集注 — count: 1
Collocations
- 君子食无求饱 (君子食無求飽) 君子食無求飽 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 1. 《學而》 Xue Er — count: 2