







艰食鲜食 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to both staple grains (cultivated food) and fresh delicacies (like fish and meat), encompassing a range of basic and more refined food provisions”. Literally, “Cultivated grains and fresh delicacies”.

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Open the tool →艰食鲜食 (jiān shí xiān shí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “refers to both staple grains (cultivated food) and fresh delicacies (like fish and meat), encompassing a range of basic and more refined food provisions”.
艰食鲜食 is pronounced jiān shí xiān shí in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 艰食鲜食 means “Cultivated grains and fresh delicacies”. It is used to mean “refers to both staple grains (cultivated food) and fresh delicacies (like fish and meat), encompassing a range of basic and more refined food provisions”.
艰食:指人力耕种的五谷粮食;鲜食:指鸟兽鱼鳖等鲜货。指五谷粮食和鱼鲜