轹釜待炊 — “Scrape the pot, wait to cook”
轹釜待炊 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so poor that one has to scrape the cooking pot while waiting to cook, indicating extreme poverty and hardship”. Literally, “scrape the pot, wait to cook”.
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What does 轹釜待炊 mean?
轹釜待炊 (lì fǔ dài chuī) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to be so poor that one has to scrape the cooking pot while waiting to cook, indicating extreme poverty and hardship”.
How do you pronounce 轹釜待炊?
轹釜待炊 is pronounced lì fǔ dài chuī in Mandarin Chinese.
What does 轹釜待炊 literally mean?
Literally, 轹釜待炊 means “scrape the pot, wait to cook”. It is used to mean “to be so poor that one has to scrape the cooking pot while waiting to cook, indicating extreme poverty and hardship”.
What is the Chinese definition of 轹釜待炊?
刮锅有声，等待烧火做饭。形容生活艰难。