食藿悬鹑 — “To live in extreme poverty”
食藿悬鹑 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in extreme poverty”. Subsisting on coarse food and wearing tattered clothes. Literally, “eating bean leaves and wearing clothes tattered like a hanging quail”.
食藿悬鹑 Pronunciation and Pinyin
食藿悬鹑 Character Breakdown
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Idioms Related to 食藿悬鹑
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- shí食bù不xià下yàn咽too distraught to eat
- shí食bù不èr二wèi味eat simply with only one dish
- shí食bù不chōng充kǒu口unable to get enough food
- shí食bù不chōng充cháng肠not enough food to satisfy hunger
- shí食bù不chōng充jī饥barely enough food to survive
- shí食bù不jiān兼wèi味eat only one dish
- shí食bù不jiān兼ròu肉eat simply, limiting meat consumption
- shí食bù不yàn厌jīng精，，kuài脍bù不yàn厌xì细eat well-prepared refined food
- shí食bù不niàn念bǎo饱eat with moderation
- shí食bù不xiá暇bǎo饱too busy to eat properly
- shí食bù不guǒ果fù腹not have enough food to eat
- shí食bù不qiú求gān甘not seek delicious food
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What does 食藿悬鹑 mean?
食藿悬鹑 (shí huò xuán chún) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in extreme poverty”.
How do you pronounce 食藿悬鹑?
食藿悬鹑 is pronounced shí huò xuán chún in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 食藿悬鹑 literally mean?
Literally, 食藿悬鹑 means “eating bean leaves and wearing clothes tattered like a hanging quail”. It is used to mean “to live in extreme poverty”.
What is the Chinese definition of 食藿悬鹑?
指生活穷苦。食藿，以豆叶为食；悬鹑，衣衫褴褛，似鹑鸟悬垂的秃尾。