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簞食瓢飲
  daan1 sik6 piu4 jam2   jyutping
  dan1 si4 piao2 yin3   pinyin
live in poverty, lit., "live simply on a bamboo dish of rice and a gourd of drink"

Idiom

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
簞食瓢飲 / 箪食瓢饮

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Characters in this word:

 daan1  -  small bamboo basket
 sik6 zi6  -  eat; food
 piu4  -  gourd ladle
 jam2  -  drink
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