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飯糗茹草 (faan6 jau2 jyu4 cou2) — to live in abject poverty, lit., "to live on dry provisions and wild herbs" in Cantonese

faanˍ₆飯jauˊ²糗jyuˎ₄茹couˊ²草
简 饭糗茹草
Mandarin Pinyin: fan4 qiu3 ru2 cao3

Meaning of 飯糗茹草

nounto live in abject poverty, lit., "to live on dry provisions and wild herbs"

Characters in 飯糗茹草

飯faan6
feed
糗jau2
(slang) embarrassing/embarrassment
茹jyu4
bear; experience
草cou2
the script type of Chinese calligraphy

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