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Open the tool →衣不重帛 (yī bù zhòng bó) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to wear simple, unlayered clothing”.
衣不重帛 is pronounced yī bù zhòng bó in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 衣不重帛 means “Clothes not of multiple layers of fine silk”. It is used to mean “to wear simple, unlayered clothing”.
帛:布帛。不穿多层衣服。形容生活俭朴