1 awkward incident

1 soup

1 (coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen

1 leftovers from a meal

1 surname Qiu

1 to be refused entrance (idiom)

2 to find the door closed

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

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

1 lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)

2 fig. to live in abject poverty

1 to close the door in one's face (idiom)