very poor(yōng sūn bù jì)

very poor

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is y ō ngs ū Nb ù J ì, which means to eat the last meal without the next meal, describes the life is very poor. From Du Shi Yan Zhi.

Idiom explanation

A: breakfast; B: dinner.

The origin of Idioms

The seventh volume of Du Shi Yan Zhi written by Wu Mingshi in Qing Dynasty: "therefore, under the Hengmen gate, there is a long way to go, and there is no food to eat, and there is no food to eat."

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attributive; derogatory. Example: in Zhu Yongchun's family precepts of Zhu Zi (the maxim of governing a family) in Ming Dynasty, it is said that although the dinner is not continued, there are still more joys

Chinese PinYin : yōng sūn bù jì