飯糗茹草

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lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom) · fig. to live in abject poverty

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
  2. fig. to live in abject poverty

Written Forms

飯糗茹草Traditional · Main Form
饭糗茹草Alternate Form

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