


羹藜唅糗 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat coarse and poor food”. To subsist on a meager and humble diet. Literally, “Soup of lamb's quarters and mouthfuls of dry provisions”.

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Open the tool →羹藜唅糗 (gēng lí hān qiǔ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to eat coarse and poor food”.
羹藜唅糗 is pronounced gēng lí hān qiǔ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 羹藜唅糗 means “Soup of lamb's quarters and mouthfuls of dry provisions”. It is used to mean “to eat coarse and poor food”.
藜,野菜;唅,食也。泛指饮食粗劣。亦作“羹藜含糗”。