砚田之食

Traditional form:

硯田之食

Pinyin (reading):

yàntiánzhīshí

Definitions:

• to make a living by writing (idiom)

Characters:

• 砚 - inkstone
• 田 - field, farm, arable land; cultivated
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 食 - food; to eat

Traditional characters:

• 硯 - inkstone
• 田 - field, farm, arable land; cultivated
• 之 - marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
• 食 - food; to eat