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Open the tool →黄齑淡饭 (huáng jī dàn fàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “plain and coarse food”.
黄齑淡饭 is pronounced huáng jī dàn fàn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 黄齑淡饭 means “yellow pickled vegetables and bland meal”. It is used to mean “plain and coarse food”.
指粗恶的饭食。同“黄齑白饭”。