食苹鹿

食蘋鹿

shípínglù

phrase

Meanings

1 a noble, unworldly person who spurns rank and wealth
2 a high-minded recluse indifferent to office

Characters

to eat, to graze on

mugwort, wild herb

Examples

HSK 7-9

他辞官归隐，真如食苹鹿一般，淡泊名利。

Tā cíguān guīyǐn, zhēn rú shípínglù yìbān, dànbó mínglì.

He resigned his post and retired to obscurity, like the deer that feeds on mugwort - indifferent to fame and gain.

HSK 7-9

古人推崇食苹鹿的气节，视富贵如浮云。

Gǔrén tuīchóng shípínglù de qìjié, shì fùguì rú fúyún.

The ancients admired the 'mugwort-grazing deer' ideal, treating wealth and rank as drifting clouds.

Tips

history

From 《诗经·小雅·鹿鸣》: 呦呦鹿鸣，食野之苹 - 'deer call to one another, grazing on mugwort in the wild.' The image became shorthand for a person of lofty spirit who prefers simple country life to court office.

Stroke Order

食 shí

苹 píng

鹿 lù