砚田之食 yàn tián zhī shí

DEFINITIONS

  1. to make a living by writing (idiom)

CHARACTERS

砚 yàn inkstone
田 tián field, arable land, cultivated
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184