羹藜含糗
gēng lí hán qiǔ
Pinyin

Definition

羹藜含糗
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gēng lí hán qiǔ
  1. nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  2. à la guerre comme à la guerre

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

含
hán
  1. 1 to keep
  2. 2 to contain
  3. 3 to suck (keep in your mouth without chewing)
含有
hán yǒu
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 including
出糗
chū qiǔ
  1. 1 (coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen
包含
bāo hán
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 to embody
  3. 3 to include
含泪
hán lèi
  1. 1 tearful
  2. 2 tearfully
含笑
hán xiào
  1. 1 to have a smile on one's face
含糊
hán hu
  1. 1 ambiguous
  2. 2 vague
  3. 3 careless
  4. 4 perfunctory
含义
hán yì
  1. 1 meaning (implicit in a phrase)
  2. 2 implied meaning
  3. 3 hidden meaning
  4. 4 hint
  5. 5 connotation
含蓄
hán xù
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 to hold
  3. 3 (of a person or style etc) reserved
  4. 4 restrained
  5. 5 (of words, writings) full of hidden meaning
  6. 6 implicit
  7. 7 veiled (criticism)
含量
hán liàng
  1. 1 content
  2. 2 quantity contained
含钙
hán gài
  1. 1 containing calcium
糗事
qiǔ shì
  1. 1 awkward incident
羹
gēng
  1. 1 soup
蕴含
yùn hán
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 to accumulate
一杯羹
yī bēi gēng
  1. 1 lit. a cup of soup
  2. 2 fig. to get part of the profits
  3. 3 one's share of the action
内含
nèi hán
  1. 1 to contain
  2. 2 to include
吃闭门羹
chī bì mén gēng
  1. 1 to be refused entrance (idiom)
  2. 2 to find the door closed
含冤
hán yuān
  1. 1 wronged
  2. 2 to suffer false accusations
含含糊糊
hán hán hú hú
  1. 1 (of speech) obscure
  2. 2 unclear
  3. 3 (of actions) vague
  4. 4 ineffectual
含山
Hán shān
  1. 1 Hanshan county in Chaohu 巢湖[Cháo hú], Anhui

Idioms (15)

吃闭门羹
chī bì mén gēng
  1. 1 to be refused entrance (idiom)
  2. 2 to find the door closed
含商咀徵
hán shāng jǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
含垢忍辱
hán gòu rěn rǔ
  1. 1 to bear shame and humiliation (idiom)
含宫咀徵
hán gōng jǔ zhǐ
  1. 1 permeated with beautiful music (idiom)
含情脉脉
hán qíng mò mò
  1. 1 full of tender feelings (idiom); tender-hearted
含沙射影
hán shā shè yǐng
  1. 1 to attack someone by innuendo (idiom)
  2. 2 to make oblique charges
  3. 3 to make insinuations
  4. 4 to insinuate
含糊其词
hán hú qí cí
  1. 1 to equivocate
  2. 2 to talk evasively (idiom)
含英咀华
hán yīng jǔ huá
  1. 1 to savor fine writing (idiom)
含血喷人
hán xuè pēn rén
  1. 1 to make false accusations against sb (idiom)
含辛茹苦
hán xīn rú kǔ
  1. 1 to suffer every possible torment (idiom); bitter hardship
  2. 2 to bear one's cross
含饴弄孙
hán yí nòng sūn
  1. 1 lit. to play with one's grandchildren while eating candy (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to enjoy a happy and leisurely old age
羹藜含糗
gēng lí hán qiǔ
  1. 1 nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  2. 2 à la guerre comme à la guerre
羹藜唅糗
gēng lí hān qiǔ
  1. 1 nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  2. 2 à la guerre comme à la guerre
饭糗茹草
fàn qiǔ rú cǎo
  1. 1 lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to live in abject poverty
飨以闭门羹
xiǎng yǐ bì mén gēng
  1. 1 to close the door in one's face (idiom)

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