在线词典

三旬九食

旬:十天叫一旬。三十天中只能吃九顿饭。形容家境贫困。

拼音
sān xún jiǔ shí
解释
旬:十天叫一旬。三十天中只能吃九顿饭。形容家境贫困。
英文释义
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom); fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation; in dire straits