The literal meaning of "do it yourself, have plenty of food and clothing" means that you can do it yourself, have enough food and clothing, and have enough food and clothing yourself. In other words, you can eat and wear warm clothes through your own labor; By extension, we can overcome the immediate difficulties and achieve success through our own efforts.

Extended data

1February, 939, Mao Zedong put forward the slogan of "Do it yourself" at the production mobilization meeting in Yan 'an, aiming at the increasingly serious economic difficulties in the base area. Subsequently, various base areas gradually launched a large-scale production movement. The slogan of "Do it yourself and have plenty of food and clothing" is the goal of overcoming economic difficulties and realizing self-sufficiency in production in all base areas. After liberation, this slogan has always been a call to action by the party and the government to encourage people to help themselves in production when the country or a certain region is in economic difficulties.

The words "do it yourself" and "have plenty of food and clothing" are not only Mo Bao left by Mao Zedong, but more importantly, whenever we see these two famous words, it reminds us of the hard years of Yan 'an mass production movement.