朝饔夕飧 zhāo yōng xī sūn

fig. to do nothing but eat and drink

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. fig. to do nothing but eat and drink
  2. 2. lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
朝 zhāo HSK 5
towards; facing; dynasty
饔 yōng
breakfast; (literary) cooked food
夕 xī HSK 5
evening; dusk; Taiwan pr. xì
飧 sūn
variant of 飧sūn; (literary) supper