食指浩繁 shízhǐhàofán many mouths to feed Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 食指 shízhǐ mouths to feed (literary) used to refer to the number of people in a family that need to be fed浩繁 hàofán vast and numerous massive in scale and quantity; voluminous or varied; heavy and burdensome in terms of duties or expenses