羹藜唅糗

Mandarin · pinyin gēng lí hān qiǔ

Meanings

  1. nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  2. à la guerre comme à la guerre
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羹
gēng · soup, broth
藜
lí · Chenopodium album, pigweed
唅
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糗
qiǔ · parched wheat or rice; broken grain
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1–2–1–3 · geng1 li2 han1 qiu3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gang1 lai4 ham4 cau3

Cantonese word readings for 羹藜唅糗. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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gang1 lai4 ham6 cau3

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羹藜唅糗 · geng1 li2 han1 qiu3
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Exact source record羹藜唅糗 羹藜唅糗 [geng1 li2 han1 qiu3] /nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet/à la guerre comme à la guerre/