shū shuǐ dān piáo

Traditional: 疏水簞瓢

疏水箪瓢 (shū shuǐ dān piáo) is a Chinese word meaning “little water and few utensils; to live a frugal life (idiom)”.

Meanings

  1. 1little water and few utensils
  2. 2to live a frugal life (idiom)

Characters in 疏水箪瓢

疏shū · to dredge水shuǐ · water箪dān · round basket for cooked rice瓢piáo · dipper

Related words

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