食荼臥棘 shí tú wò jí

DEFINITIONS

  1. to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people

CHARACTERS

食 shí
HSK 5
eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184
荼 tú bitter vegetable
臥 wò lie down; crouch
棘 jí jujube tree; thorns, brambles