衣单食薄

衣單食薄
yīdānshíbó
  1. thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty
  2. destitute

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 衣 yī
  1. clothes
  2. Kangxi radical 145

classifier: 件
2 单 dān
  1. bill
  2. list
  3. form
  4. single
  5. only
  6. sole
  7. odd number

classifier: 個
3 食 shí
  1. to eat
  2. food
  3. animal feed
  4. eclipse
4 薄 bó
  1. meager
  2. slight
  3. weak
  4. ungenerous or unkind
  5. frivolous
  6. to despise
  7. to belittle
  8. to look down on
  9. to approach or near

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  1. destitute
  2. impoverished
穷困 qióngkùn
  1. destitute
  2. wretched poverty
穷愁 qióngchóu
  1. destitute
  2. troubled
  3. penniless and full of care
凋敝 diāobì
  1. impoverished
  2. destitute
  3. hard
  4. depressed (of business)
  5. tattered
  6. ragged
清贫 qīngpín
  1. poor but upright
  2. destitute
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