dān​sì​piáo​yǐn

to live in poverty

  1. rice basket
    (bound form) round bamboo basket used in ancient times for holding cooked rice
  2. to feed
    (literary) to feed a person or animal; to give food to others
  3. dipper
    A ladle or dipper used for scooping water, grain, or flour, traditionally made from a halved dried gourd or wood.
  4. yǐn nounverb
    to drink
    to drink; specifically to drink alcohol.