飯糗茹草

饭糗茹草
fànqiǔrúcǎo
  1. lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
  2. fig. to live in abject poverty

CEDICT

形容所吃的東西極為粗陋。比喻貧賤。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 飯 fàn
  1. cooked rice
  2. meal
  3. (loanword) fan
  4. devotee

classifiers: 碗, 頓
2 糗 qiǔ
  1. dry rations (for a journey)
  2. (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking)
  3. (coll.) embarrassing
  4. embarrassment
3 茹 rú
  1. to eat
  2. (extended meaning) to endure
  3. putrid smell
  4. vegetables
  5. roots (inextricably attached to the plant)
=4 草 cǎo variant of 草 cǎo
=4 草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根