羹藜含糗 gēng lí hán qiǔ

live on very plain food; make do in hard times

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  2. 2. à la guerre comme à la guerre

Characters

Character Meaning
羹 gēng
soup
藜 lí
name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)
含 hán HSK 5
to contain; to keep
糗 qiǔ
(coll.) embarrassing; embarrassment