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Open the tool →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”.
豕食丐衣 is pronounced shǐ shí gài yī in Mandarin Chinese.
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”.
吃猪狗之食,穿乞丐之衣。比喻极其贫困。