lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom); fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation; in dire straits
Characters in this word
4三
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surname San
- Pinyin
- Sān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 849 of 2500
旬
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(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2]), (bound form) ten years (in age expressions, e.g. 六旬[liu4 xun2] "sixty years old")
- Pinyin
- xún
- Strokes
- 6
九
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nine, 9
- Pinyin
- jiǔ
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 4088 of 2500
食
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to eat, food, animal feed, eclipse
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9712 of 2500