三餐不继

三餐不繼
sāncānbùjì

to be too poor to have three meals

Wiktionary

Entry Composition

1 三餐 sāncān three meals of the day (breakfast, lunch, and dinner)
2 不 bù
  1. no; not so
  2. (bound form) not; un-
3 继 jì
  1. to continue
  2. to follow after
  3. to go on with
  4. to succeed
  5. to inherit
  6. then
  7. afterwards