食少事煩
shí​shǎo​shì​fán

overworked and undernourished

  • created sense approved 食少事烦/食少事煩 · shí​shǎo​shì​fán · overworked and undernourished — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    食少事烦 / 食少事煩

    shí​shǎo​shì​fán

    overworked and undernourished

    To eat very little while handling a heavy workload; often used to describe someone whose health is failing due to overwork and who is not expected to live much longer.

    食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat 少 (literal) → 少 · shǎo · few 事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 烦 (literal) → 烦/煩 · fán · superfluous

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    created sense