衣单食缺 — “To be ill-clad and underfed”
衣单食缺 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be ill-clad and underfed”. To suffer from want of clothes and food; to live in poverty and hardship. Literally, “scanty clothes, short of food”.
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衣单食缺 Pronunciation and Pinyin
- 衣yī
- 单dān
- 食shí
- 缺quē
衣单食缺 Character Breakdown
Example Sentence with 衣单食缺
在那个艰难的年代，许多家庭都过着衣单食缺的日子。
In those difficult times, many families lived in poverty, lacking adequate clothing and food.
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More idioms starting with 衣
- yī衣bù不jiān兼cǎi彩dressed in plain clothes
- yī衣bù不jiān兼cǎi采dressed simply and plainly
- yī衣bù不rú如xīn新，，rén人bù不rú如gù故New clothes are best, old friends are best
- yī衣bù不wán完cǎi采to dress simply and plainly
- yī衣bù不bù布tǐ体clothes too ragged to cover body
- yī衣bù不yè曳dì地dress simply and live modestly
- yī衣bù不gài盖tǐ体dressed in rags, barely clothed
- yī衣bù不bì蔽tǐ体clothed in rags
- yī衣bù不jiě解dài带work tirelessly without rest
- yī衣bù不jiě解jié结work tirelessly without rest
- yī衣bù不zhē遮tǐ体dressed in rags
- yī衣bù不zhē遮shēn身clothes too tattered to cover body
Questions about 衣单食缺
- What does 衣单食缺 mean?
- 衣单食缺 (yī dān shí quē) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be ill-clad and underfed”.
- How do you pronounce 衣单食缺?
- 衣单食缺 is pronounced yī dān shí quē in Mandarin Chinese.
- What does 衣单食缺 literally mean?
- Literally, 衣单食缺 means “scanty clothes, short of food”. It is used to mean “to be ill-clad and underfed”.
- What is the Chinese definition of 衣单食缺?
- 衣裳单薄，食物缺少。形容生活困苦