三旬九食

saam1 ceon4 gau2 sik6

lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom) · fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation · in dire straits

Meanings

  1. lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. in dire straits

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