食不果腹 — Chinese idiom
食不果腹
shí bù guǒ fù
Meaning
- lit. food not filling the stomach
- fig. poverty-stricken
Character by character
- 食shífood; to eat
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 果guǒfruit, nut; result
- 腹fùstomach, belly, abdomen; inside
Idioms sharing a character
- 三旬九食 sān xún jiǔ shí
- 因噎废食 yīn yē fèi shí
- 宵衣旰食 xiāo yī gàn shí
- 寝食难安 qǐn shí nán ān
- 废寝忘食 fèi qǐn wàng shí
- 弱肉强食 ruò ròu qiáng shí
- 灭此朝食 miè cǐ zhāo shí
- 狂饮暴食 kuáng yǐn bào shí
- 率兽食人 shuài shòu shí rén
- 发愤忘食 fā fèn wàng shí
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