What does "起" mean in "饮食起居" 饮食起居: 饮(drink), 食(food), 起(?), 居(house).

What does "起" mean?

百度百科:


  饮食起居，拼音是yǐn shí qǐ jū，出自《祭杜祁公文》，解释为指人的日常生活。
You should be aware of the contrasting pairs in this phrase.


飲 (to drink)
食 (to eat [not food])
起 (to rise up, get up > be active)
居 (to rest)




Like in English, when a pair of opposites in a category are stated, it sometimes means all things of that category.


The beautiful and the ugly
All folks, old and young