簞食壺漿

Chinese

	round basket for cooked rice	eat; food; to feed eat; food; to feed; animal feed	pot; (a measure word)	starch paste; broth; serum starch paste; broth; serum; to starch
trad. (簞食壺漿)	簞	食	壺	漿
simp. (箪食壶浆)	箪	食	壶	浆
Literally: “to receive troops with food and drink”.

Etymology

From Mencius (《孟子·梁惠王下》):

以萬乘之國伐萬乘之國，簞食壺漿，以迎王師。豈有他哉？避水火也。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]

以万乘之国伐万乘之国，箪食壶浆，以迎王师。岂有他哉？避水火也。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

From: Mencius, c. 4^th century BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

Yǐ wànshèng zhī guó fá wànshèng zhī guó, dān shí hú jiāng, yǐ yíng wángshī. Qǐ yǒu tā zāi? Bì shuǐhuǒ yě. [Pinyin]

When, with all the strength of your country of ten thousand chariots, you attacked another country of ten thousand chariots, and the people brought baskets of rice and vessels of congee, to meet your Majesty's host, was there any other reason for this but that they hoped to escape out of fire and water?

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānsìhújiāng, dānshíhújiāng

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄙˋ ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄤ, ㄉㄢㄕˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ sik⁶ wu⁴ zoeng¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānsìhújiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄙˋ ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dansìhhújiang
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-ssŭ⁴-hu²-chiang¹
  - Yale: dān-sz̀-hú-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dansyhhwujiang
  - Palladius: даньсыхуцзян (danʹsyxuczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ sz̩⁵¹ xu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānshíhújiāng
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄕˊ ㄏㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄤ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: danshíhhújiang
  - Wade–Giles: tan¹-shih²-hu²-chiang¹
  - Yale: dān-shŕ-hú-jyāng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danshyrhwujiang
  - Palladius: даньшихуцзян (danʹšixuczjan)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩³⁵ xu³⁵ t͡ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: daan¹ sik⁶ wu⁴ zoeng¹
  - Yale: dāan sihk wùh jēung
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ sik⁹ wu⁴ dzoeng¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ xig⁶ wu⁴ zêng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ sɪk̚² wuː²¹ t͡sœːŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

簞食壺漿

to give troops a hearty welcome