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飯糗茹草
  faan6 jau2 jyu4 cou2   jyutping
  fan4 qiu3 ru2 cao3   pinyin
to live in abject poverty, lit., "to live on dry provisions and wild herbs"


Level: 4
This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
飯糗茹草 / 饭糗茹草

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Characters in this word:

 faan6  -  cooked rice
 jau2  -  surname; dry rations; embarrassment
 jyu4  -  vegetables; bear; eat
 cou2  -  grass; herbs; weed
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