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Open the tool →壶浆箪食 (hú jiāng dān shí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to offer food and drink as a gesture of welcome and support”.
壶浆箪食 is pronounced hú jiāng dān shí in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 壶浆箪食 means “Pots of gruel and baskets of food”. It is used to mean “to offer food and drink as a gesture of welcome and support”.
浆:汤;箪:古代盛饭的圆形竹器;食:食物。用箪盛饭,用壶盛汤,犒劳军队。形容百姓欢迎军队