揭不开锅
jiē​bu​kāi​guō

to be destitute

  • created sense approved 揭不开锅/揭不開鍋 · jiē​bu​kāi​guō · to be destitute — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    揭不开锅 / 揭不開鍋

    jiē​bu​kāi​guō

    to be destitute

    to be unable to afford food; to have nothing to eat; used to describe living in extreme poverty where one cannot even start the cooking pot

    jiē​bù​kāi​guō

    揭, 不, 开, 锅

    揭 (literal) → 揭 · jiē · to uncover 不 (literal) → 不 · bu · [potential] 开 (literal) → 开/開 · kāi · to open 锅 (literal) → 锅/鍋 · guō · pot

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

    created sense