食不果腹

shí bù guǒ fù

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. poverty-stricken

Child Words of 食不果腹

不
bù

no; not so

果
guǒ

fruit

果腹
guǒ fù

to eat one's fill

腹
fù

abdomen

食
shí

to eat

食
sì

to feed (a person or animal)