没吃没穿 — Chinese idiom
没吃没穿
méi chī méi chuān
Traditional: 沒吃沒穿
Meaning
- to be without food or clothing
- to be very poor
Character by character
- 没méinot, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
- 吃chīto eat; to drink; to suffer, to endure, to bear
- 没méinot, none, gone; to bury; to sink, to drown
- 穿chuānto drill, to pierce; to dress, to wear
Idioms sharing a character
- 全军覆没 quán jūn fù mò
- 功不可没 gōng bù kě mò
- 没事找事 méi shì zhǎo shì
- 没头没脸 méi tóu méi liǎn
- 没齿难忘 mò chǐ nán wàng
- 神出鬼没 shén chū guǐ mò
- 吃干抹净 chī gān mā jìng
- 吃喝嫖赌 chī hē piáo dǔ
- 吃喝玩乐 chī hē wán lè
- 吃大锅饭 chī dà guō fàn
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