食不果腹

shí bù guǒ fù

Dictionary entry

lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)

What does 食不果腹 mean?

食不果腹 (shí bù guǒ fù) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)

2fig. poverty-stricken

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食shíto eat · food 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-果guǒfruit · result 腹fùabdomen · stomach

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食不果腹

shí bù guǒ fù

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