食不果腹 shí bù guǒ fù

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom)
  2. fig. poverty-stricken

CHARACTERS

食 shí
HSK 5
eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184
不 bù
HSK 1
no, not; un-; negative prefix
果 guǒ
HSK 1
fruit; result
腹 fù
HSK 6
stomach, belly, abdomen; inside