Idiom 2

If you haven’t read ‘Idiom 1’ article, I advise you to read through ‘ idiom 1’ before continuing to read ‘ idiom 2’.

To continue with the character ‘丰’ (fēng) we are going to look at another idiom that has this character involved as part of its structure.

‘丰衣足食’( fēng yī zú shí) means ‘well-fed and well-clothed’ or ‘well-provided’. Let’s have a look in detail at what this idiom literally means:

丰(fēng) means ‘plenty’

衣(yī) means ‘clothes’

足(zú) means ‘foot’ or ‘satisfy’, and in this case it means ‘satisfy’

食(shí) means ‘food’
Let’s have a look at how it’s used in a sentence, ‘自己动手丰衣足食.’ (zì jǐ dòng shǒu fēng yī zú shí) means ‘Use your hands to make yourself sufficient.’