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三旬九食

sānxúnjiǔshí

ㄙㄢ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ

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  1. 1lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3in dire straits

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