created sense approved 甑尘釜鱼/甑塵釜魚 · zèngchénfǔyú · stark poverty — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
甑尘釜鱼 / 甑塵釜魚
zèngchénfǔyú
stark poverty
Dust in the steamer and fish in the pot; describes living in extreme poverty where one has been unable to cook for a long time. This idiom references the story of Fan Ran in the "Book of the Later Han", whose kitchenware was so neglected that dust collected in the [[甑|甑|zeng4]] and silverfish grew in the [[釜|釜|fu3]].
甑 (literal) → 甑 · zèng · ancient steamer 尘 (literal) → 尘/塵 · chén · dust 釜 (literal) → 釜 · fǔ · cauldron 鱼 (literal) → 鱼/魚 · yú · fish
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