餐霞漱瀣 — “Consume rosy clouds and rinse one's mouth with morning dew”

餐霞漱瀣 (cān xiá shù xiè) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to lead an ethereal and transcendent life, detached from worldly concerns; to live like an immortal, sustained by dew and clouds”.

餐霞漱瀣 is pronounced cān xiá shù xiè in Mandarin Chinese.

Literally, 餐霞漱瀣 means “Consume rosy clouds and rinse one's mouth with morning dew”. It is used to mean “to lead an ethereal and transcendent life, detached from worldly concerns; to live like an immortal, sustained by dew and clouds”.

餐食日霞，吸饮沆瀣。指超尘脱俗的仙家生活。