布帛菽粟

Explanation: Silk: silk; beans: beans; Millet: Millet, refers to food. Refers to the necessities of life. A very common metaphor but an indispensable thing. 　　Usage: Joint type; as subject, object; that necessities 　　Source: "Sung Cheng Yi Chuan": "The words aim, however, if food and clothing, to know who You Zunchong of Germany." 　　Examples: For the victory of the people, this is not as ~ as to what to leave even for a moment. (Mao Zedong, "Why should discuss the White Paper") Thesaurus:  clothing, food,shelter and weans of travel, chief daily necessities, realities if life as birth,old age, illness and death