Read Edit View history 啜菽飲水 chuòshūyǐnshuǐ to live in poverty Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 啜菽饮水/ 啜菽飲水 chuòshūyǐnshuǐ (also chuòshúyǐnshuǐ) to live in poverty (literary) to eat beans and drink water; refers to living in straitened circumstances or having a very simple diet while remaining a dutiful son to one's parents Edit Delete References Add reference No references for this word.
啜菽饮水/ 啜菽飲水 chuòshūyǐnshuǐ (also chuòshúyǐnshuǐ) to live in poverty (literary) to eat beans and drink water; refers to living in straitened circumstances or having a very simple diet while remaining a dutiful son to one's parents Edit Delete