敝衣粝食 — “Ragged clothes and coarse food”
敝衣粝食 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in extreme poverty, wearing ragged clothes and eating coarse food; leading a life of hardship and deprivation”. Literally, “ragged clothes and coarse food”.
敝衣粝食 Pronunciation and Pinyin
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More idioms starting with 敝
- bì敝zhǒu帚qiān千jīn金cherish one's own humble possessions
- bì敝zhǒu帚zì自xiǎng享cherish one's own humble possessions
- bì敝zhǒu帚zì自zhēn珍cherish one's own worn-out broom
- bì敝wéi帷bù不qì弃Don't discard old things; they can still be useful
- bì敝gài盖bù不qì弃Don't discard old things; they still have use
- bì敝tì綈è恶sù粟live on coarse food and in shabby clothes
- bì敝yī衣xiāo枵fù腹in rags and hungry
- bì敝chē车léi羸mǎ马simple, frugal, and unostentatious lifestyle
- bì敝gǔ鼓sàng丧tún豚futile effort
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What does 敝衣粝食 mean?
敝衣粝食 (bì yī lì shí) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to live in extreme poverty, wearing ragged clothes and eating coarse food; leading a life of hardship and deprivation”.
How do you pronounce 敝衣粝食?
敝衣粝食 is pronounced bì yī lì shí in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 敝衣粝食 literally mean?
Literally, 敝衣粝食 means “ragged clothes and coarse food”. It is used to mean “to live in extreme poverty, wearing ragged clothes and eating coarse food; leading a life of hardship and deprivation”.
What is the Chinese definition of 敝衣粝食?
破衣粗食。形容生活困顿。