食不果腹
shí​bù​guǒ​fù

to not have enough to eat

  • created sense approved 食不果腹 · shí​bù​guǒ​fù · to not have enough to eat — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    食不果腹

    shí​bù​guǒ​fù

    to not have enough to eat

    literally meaning food does not fill the stomach; describes living in extreme poverty

    食 (literal) → 食 · shí · food 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 果 (literal) → 果 · guǒ · to fill 腹 (literal) → 腹 · fù · abdomen

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

    created sense