朝饔夕飧

Traditional form:

朝饔夕飧

Pinyin (reading):

zhāoyōngxīsūn

Definitions:

• lit. breakfast in the morning and supper in the evening (idiom)
• fig. to do nothing but eat and drink

Characters:

• 朝 - to face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
• 饔 - breakfast; to eat prepared food
• 夕 - evening, night, dusk; slanted
• 飧 - dinner, supper; cooked food

Traditional characters:

• 朝 - to face; direct, facing; dynasty; morning
• 饔 - breakfast; to eat prepared food
• 夕 - evening, night, dusk; slanted
• 飧 - dinner, supper; cooked food