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豕食丐衣 — “Eat pig's food and wear beggar's clothes”

豕食丐衣 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in extreme poverty, eating meager food and wearing tattered clothes; to be utterly destitute”. Literally, “eat pig's food and wear beggar's clothes”.

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豕食丐衣 Pronunciation and Pinyin

豕食丐衣 Character Breakdown

Stroke Order
CharacterPinyinStrokesMeaning
豕
shǐ7pig or wild boar
食
shí9eat food eclipse
丐
gài4to beg
衣
yī6clothes or covering

Example Sentence with 豕食丐衣

那个家庭因遭受连年灾害,生活变得异常艰难,几乎是豕食丐衣
Due to successive years of natural disasters, that family's life became exceptionally difficult, almost to the point of utter destitution.

Idioms Related to 豕食丐衣

Antonyms of 豕食丐衣

  • jǐn锦yī衣yù玉shí食live extravagantly with fine clothes and food

More idioms starting with 豕

  • shǐ豕jiāo交shòu兽chù畜treat people rudely
  • shǐ豕hài亥yú鱼lǔ鲁Typographical errors in transcription or printing
  • shǐ豕fēn分shé蛇duàn断fragmented and disunited
  • shǐ豕tū突láng狼bēn奔rush about wildly and create havoc
  • shǐ豕cuàn窜láng狼bū逋flee in panic and disarray
  • shǐ豕ér而fù负tú涂extremely filthy or morally defiled
  • shǐ豕hǔ虎chuán传é讹textual errors from miscopying

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Questions about 豕食丐衣

What does 豕食丐衣 mean?

豕食丐衣 (shǐ shí gài yī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in extreme poverty, eating meager food and wearing tattered clothes; to be utterly destitute”.

How do you pronounce 豕食丐衣?

豕食丐衣 is pronounced shǐ shí gài yī in Mandarin Chinese.

What does 豕食丐衣 literally mean?

Literally, 豕食丐衣 means “eat pig's food and wear beggar's clothes”. It is used to mean “to live in extreme poverty, eating meager food and wearing tattered clothes; to be utterly destitute”.

What is the Chinese definition of 豕食丐衣?

吃猪狗之食,穿乞丐之衣。比喻极其贫困。

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