jiā​wú​dàn​shí

to live from hand to mouth

  1. home
    place where one lives; home; household; family
  2. adjectiveverb
    to not have
    to not have; there is no; lack; (as prefix) non-; un-; -less
  3. [load]
    (literary) a load or a unit of weight; used in the phrase 家无儋石 jiā​wú​dàn​shí meaning to live in extreme poverty
  4. [unit of volume or weight]
    dry measure for grain equal to ten dǒu; one hundred liters; also an ancient unit of weight equal to 120 catties; in ancient texts, also pronounced shí