箪食壺漿たんしこしょう

noun

welcoming troops with food and drink

Rare yojijukugo from Mencius, literally 'baskets of rice and vessels of congee'; used to describe a populace greeting an army with provisions.

• 「箪たん食し壺こ漿しょう」は、民みん衆しゅうが軍ぐん隊たいを食たべ物ものや飲のみ物もので迎むかえる故こ事じ成せい語ごだ。

  '箪食壺漿' is a classical idiom meaning the people welcome an army with food and drink.