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三旬九食

sān xún jiǔ shí

Definitions

  • •lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  • •fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  • •in dire straits

Child Words of 三旬九食

食
sì
三
sān
九
jiǔ
食
shí
旬
xún