食毛践土
shí​máo​jiàn​tǔ

to live off the land

  • created sense approved 食毛践土/食毛踐土 · shí​máo​jiàn​tǔ · to live off the land — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    食毛践土 / 食毛踐土

    shí​máo​jiàn​tǔ

    to live off the land

    to live on a piece of land and eat the food it produces; used in ancient times to express a subject's gratitude for the resources provided by a ruler of the land

    食 (literal) → 食 · shí · to eat 毛 (literal) → 毛 · máo · plants 践 (literal) → 践/踐 · jiàn · to trample 土 (literal) → 土 · tǔ · land

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

    created sense