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衣單食薄

简 衣单食薄 · 繁 衣單食薄
Mandarin · pinyin yī dān shí bó

Meanings

  1. thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
  2. destitute
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衣
yī · clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145
單
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食
shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
薄
báo · bó · thin, slight, weak; poor, stingy
单
dān · single, individual, only; lone
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1–1–2–2 · yi1 dan1 shi2 bo2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

ji1 daan1 sik6 bok6

Cantonese word readings for 衣單食薄. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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ji1 daan1 sik6 bok6

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衣單食薄 · yi1 dan1 shi2 bo2
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Exact source record衣單食薄 衣单食薄 [yi1 dan1 shi2 bo2] /thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty/destitute/