砚田之食 yàn tián zhī shí

to make a living by writing (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to make a living by writing (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
砚 yàn
ink-stone
田 tián HSK 6
field; farm; surname Tian
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
食 shí HSK 5
to eat; food; animal feed