食荼卧棘

Traditional: 食荼臥棘
shí tú wò jí
Dictionary entry
to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

What does 食荼卧棘 mean?

食荼卧棘 (shí tú wò jí) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

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食荼卧棘
shí tú wò jí
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