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食不果腹

Mandarin · pinyin shí bù guǒ fù

Meanings

  1. lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)
  2. fig. poverty-stricken
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食
shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
不
bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
果
guǒ · fruit; result
腹
fù · stomach, belly, abdomen; inside
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2–4–3–4 · shi2 bu4 guo3 fu4

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

sik6 bat1 gwo2 fuk1

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sik6 bat1 gwo2 fuk1

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to always be hungry as one is impoverished

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