sān xún jiǔ shí
三旬九食 (sān xún jiǔ shí) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom); fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation; in dire straits”.
Meanings
- 1lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
- 2fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
- 3in dire straits