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Open the tool →粝食粗餐 (lì shí cū cān) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live on a simple and frugal diet, consisting of coarse food and plain meals; to eat plain fare”.
粝食粗餐 is pronounced lì shí cū cān in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 粝食粗餐 means “Coarse food and plain meals”. It is used to mean “to live on a simple and frugal diet, consisting of coarse food and plain meals; to eat plain fare”.
粝:粗米;餐:饭食。指食物粗糙