







餐松饮涧 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in seclusion, typically a hermit's life, subsisting on simple, natural fare like pine nuts and stream water; to lead a life detached from worldly affairs”. Literally, “Eat pine, drink from a mountain stream”.

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Open the tool →餐松饮涧 (cān sōng yǐn jiàn) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in seclusion, typically a hermit's life, subsisting on simple, natural fare like pine nuts and stream water; to lead a life detached from worldly affairs”.
餐松饮涧 is pronounced cān sōng yǐn jiàn in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 餐松饮涧 means “Eat pine, drink from a mountain stream”. It is used to mean “to live in seclusion, typically a hermit's life, subsisting on simple, natural fare like pine nuts and stream water; to lead a life detached from worldly affairs”.
食松实,饮涧水。指过隐居生活。