反裘负刍

Traditional form:

反裘負芻

Pinyin (reading):

fǎnqiúfùchú

Definitions:

• lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom)
• fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work
• fig. to act stupidly

Characters:

• 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
• 裘 - fur coat; surname
• 负 - load, burden; to carry, to bear
• 刍 - to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder

Traditional characters:

• 反 - reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
• 裘 - fur coat; surname
• 負 - load, burden; to carry, to bear
• 芻 - to mow, to cut grass; hay, fodder