have not enough for food and clothing(quē chī xhǎo chuān)

have not enough for food and clothing

Lack of food and clothing, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qu ē ch ī sh ǎ ochu ā n, meaning food and clothing. From the direction of 500 million farmers.

Idiom explanation

It's called food and clothing.

The origin of Idioms

"At that time, his father died, and his mother led him through life, often short of food and clothing," Li kaiqingchen wrote in the direction of 500 million farmers It is also called "short of food and clothing".

Idiom usage

Examples

Zhou Libo's "storm" part 1 23: "the poor are short of food and clothing. They share more food and clothing, and they also split hard animals."

Chinese PinYin : quē chī xhǎo chuān