Nìng chī fēiqín sì liǎng, bù chī zǒushòu bàn jīn.

寧吃飛禽四兩, 不吃走獸半斤。

Lit [It is] better to eat four ounces of fowl than to eat half a catty of beast [meat].

Fig Birds are much more tasty than other meats.

Note [Note the chengyu: fēiqǐn-zǒushòu, “birds and beasts”; this is a modern version of néng chī fēiqín yīkǒu, bù shí zǒushòu bàn jīn (q.v.); one jīn or “catty” (now equal to one-half kilogram) contains eight liǎng.]

Topics BIRDS EATING fēiqǐn-zǒushòu FOOD FOWL MEAT zǒushòu