箪食瓢飲 たんしひょういん Also written 簞食瓢飲 Meanings Noun simple food and drink; being content with a frugal life (literally: a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink) (from the Analects of Confucius) Kanji 箪 bamboo rice basket. Read as タン. 食 eat 瓢 gourd. Read as ヒョウ. 飲 drink. Read as イン. Word lists Yojijukugo (四字熟語) Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists