created sense approved 饮冰吞檗/飲冰吞檗 · yǐnbīngtūnbò · to lead a hard and frugal life — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
饮冰吞檗 / 飲冰吞檗
yǐnbīngtūnbò
to lead a hard and frugal life
to live in poverty and hardship while maintaining one's integrity; literally to drink ice and swallow bitter wood
饮 (literal) → 饮/飲 · yǐn · to drink 冰 (literal) → 冰 · bīng · ice 吞 (literal) → 吞 · tūn · to swallow 檗 (literal) → 檗 · bò · amur cork tree
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