noun
simple food and drink; frugal contentment
A rare yojijukugo from the Analects of Confucius. Literally 'a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink', it describes a life of simple, unpretentious sustenance and contentment with poverty. Used in classical or literary contexts.
'箪食瓢飲' is a classical idiom from the Analects that describes a simple, frugal life.