朱门酒肉臭， 路有冻死骨

朱门酒肉臭， 路有冻死骨 [zhū mén jiǔ ròu chòu lù yǒu dòng sǐ gǔ]

1. ■ Wine and meat rot behind vermilion gates while at the roadside people freeze to death.; Behind the vermilion gates of the rich, meat and wine go to waste, but along the road are bones of the poor who have frozen to death.; The portals of the rich reek of flesh and wine while frozen bodies by the roadside lie.; Meat is allowed to spoil in rich men's homes while wayfarers die of cold.; Behind the red doors meat and wine go to waste while out on the road lie the bones of the frozen.