家無擔石
jiā​wú​dàn​shí

to live from hand to mouth

  • created sense approved 家无担石/家無擔石 · jiā​wú​dàn​shí · to live from hand to mouth — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    家无担石 / 家無擔石

    jiā​wú​dàn​shí

    to live from hand to mouth

    to be extremely poor with no food stores at home; literally means the family has not even a small amount of grain left

    家 (literal) → 家 · jiā · home 无 (literal) → 无/無 · wú · to not have 担 (literal) → 担/擔 · dàn · picul 石 (literal) → 石 · dàn · [unit of volume or weight]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense