饭糗茹草 — Chinese idiom
饭糗茹草
fàn qiǔ rú cǎo
Traditional: 飯糗茹草
Meaning
- (lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs
- (fig.) to live in abject poverty
Character by character
- 饭fànmeal, food; cooked rice
- 糗qiǔdry rations; mushy, overcooked; embarrassing
- 茹rúroots, vegetables
- 草cǎograss, herbs; straw, thatch
Idioms sharing a character
- 三茶六饭 sān chá liù fàn
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
- 施粥舍饭 shī zhōu shě fàn
- 生米熟饭 shēng mǐ shú fàn
- 看菜吃饭 kàn cài chī fàn
- 茶饭不思 chá fàn bù sī
- 酒囊饭袋 jiǔ náng fàn dài
- 饱餐战饭 bǎo cān zhàn fàn
- 羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ
- 羹藜唅糗 gēng lí hān qiǔ
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