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食荼臥棘

简 食荼卧棘 · 繁 食荼臥棘
Mandarin · pinyin shí tú wò jí

Meanings

  1. to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
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食
shí · eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184
荼
tú · thistle, sowthistle; bitter
臥
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棘
jí · jujube tree; thorns, brambles
卧
wò · lie down; crouch
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Entries containing 食荼臥棘 ↗Words written with 食 ↗Words written with 荼 ↗Words written with 臥 ↗Words written with 棘 ↗Words written with 卧 ↗

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2–2–4–2 · shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2

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sik6 tou4 ngo6 gik1

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食荼臥棘 · shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2
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Exact source record食荼臥棘 食荼卧棘 [shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2] /to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people/