硯田之食 yàn tián zhī shí

DEFINITIONS

  1. to make a living by writing (idiom)

CHARACTERS

硯 yàn inkstone
田 tián
HSK 6
field, arable land, cultivated
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
食 shí
HSK 5
eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184