







饥饱劳役 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a life of hard toil and unpredictable sustenance”. To be constantly working hard, sometimes hungry, sometimes full, without a stable life. Literally, “Hunger and fullness, toil and drudgery”.

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Open the tool →饥饱劳役 (jī bǎo láo yì) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a life of hard toil and unpredictable sustenance”.
饥饱劳役 is pronounced jī bǎo láo yì in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 饥饱劳役 means “Hunger and fullness, toil and drudgery”. It is used to mean “a life of hard toil and unpredictable sustenance”.
指生活劳苦,食无定时。