To live a life of extreme hardship and poverty; to endure great privation.
他早年求学时，家中贫困，常常簪蒿席草，却从未放弃对知识的追求。
In his early years of schooling, his family was poor, and he often endured great privation, yet he never gave up his pursuit of knowledge.
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Ancient
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