Lack of food and clothing(quē shí wú yī)

Lack of food and clothing

Lack of food and clothing, the Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Qu ē sh í w ú y ī, meaning the lack of food and clothing, describes the life of hunger and cold. From the rise and fall of the rich and the poor.

The origin of Idioms

The first fold of Ming Dynasty's Wu Mingshi's the rise and fall of the rich and the poor: "the first master was in danger in dushulou, weaving shoes and weaving seats. He was short of food and clothing. He searched everywhere and picked vegetables."

Idiom usage

It refers to poverty.

Examples

In my opinion, this family is short of food and clothing and very poor.

Chinese PinYin : quē shí wú yī