饭糗茹草

Traditional form:

飯糗茹草

Pinyin (reading):

fànqiǔrúcǎo

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 饭 - meal, food; cooked rice
• 糗 - dry rations; mushy, overcooked; embarrassing
• 茹 - roots, vegetables
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch

Traditional characters:

• 飯 - meal, food; cooked rice
• 糗 - dry rations; mushy, overcooked; embarrassing
• 茹 - roots, vegetables
• 草 - grass, herbs; straw, thatch