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Chinese
Etymology
According to folklore, the daoists believed that celestial beings (仙人) never ate cooked food. Later on, this phrase was used to describe a person who has other-worldly qualities similar to that of celestial beings.
Pronunciation
Idiom
不食人間煙火
- out of touch; no sense of the practical
這一群不食人間煙火的人，根本不知道別人的實際痛苦！ [MSC, trad.]
这一群不食人间烟火的人，根本不知道别人的实际痛苦！ [MSC, simp.]- Zhè yī qún bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ de rén, gēnběn bù zhīdào biérén de shíjì tòngkǔ!
- These people who are out of touch with reality just don't understand the real suffering of others!
- other-worldly
可惜，這是個真實的世界，真實的世界裡有普通人，有擁擠和喧囂，有辛酸及無奈，唯獨沒有童話般的不食人間煙火的愛情。 [MSC, trad.]
可惜，这是个真实的世界，真实的世界里有普通人，有拥挤和喧嚣，有辛酸及无奈，唯独没有童话般的不食人间烟火的爱情。 [MSC, simp.]- From: 2005: 张雁 ed. (Zhang Yan), 没什么爱是不食人间烟火 (There's no such thing as other-worldly romantic love)
- Kěxī, zhè shì ge zhēnshí de shìjiè, zhēnshí de shìjiè lǐ yǒu pǔtōng rén, yǒu yōngjǐ hé xuānxiāo, yǒu xīnsuān jí wúnài, wéi dú méiyǒu tónghuà bān de bùshírénjiānyānhuǒ de àiqíng.
- Unfortunately, this is the real world; the real world that contains normal people. The real world is crowded and noisy, and is filled with bitterness and compromise. Only there's no such thing as the other-worldly romantic love that you read about in fairy-tales.
- to not eat anything