缺衣少食

quēyīshǎoshí
  1. short of food and clothing
  2. destitute

CEDICT

to have insufficient food and clothing due to poverty

Wiktionary

基本的衣食需求得不到滿足。形容生活貧窮。明．李贄〈復李漸老書〉：「即此衣食之賜，既深以為喜，則缺衣少食之煩惱不言而知也。」也作「缺食無衣」。

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Entry Composition

1 缺 quē
  1. deficiency
  2. lack
  3. scarce
  4. vacant post
  5. to run short of
2 衣 yī
  1. clothes
  2. Kangxi radical 145

classifier: 件
3 少 shǎo
  1. few
  2. less
  3. to lack
  4. to be missing
  5. to stop (doing sth)
  6. seldom
4 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse

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