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衣單食薄

简衣单食薄 · 繁衣單食薄

Mandarin · pinyin yī dān shí bó

thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
destitute

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衣: yī · clothes, clothing; cover, skin; Kangxi radical 145
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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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ji1 daan1 sik6 bok6

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