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')

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  • 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