luó​què​jué​shǔ

to scrape by

罗雀掘鼠 羅雀掘鼠 luó​què​jué​shǔ
to scrape by
Literally "to net sparrows and dig out rats"; describes trying every possible means to obtain food during a famine or straining to scrape money together in times of extreme poverty.

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0.002 per million

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