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飯糗茹草

简饭糗茹草 · 繁飯糗茹草

Mandarin · pinyin fàn qiǔ rú cǎo

(lit.) to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
(fig.) to live in abject poverty

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飯: fàn · cooked rice; food; meal
糗: qiǔ · parched wheat or rice; broken grain
茹: rú · roots; vegetables; eat; bear
草: cǎo · grass, straw, thatch, herbs
饭: fàn · cooked rice; food, meal

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4–3–2–3 · fan4 qiu3 ru2 cao3

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faan6 jau2 jyu4 cou2

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