one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom); an empty sack cannot stand upright
trad. 人是鐵飯是鋼
Also written 人是鐵飯是鋼【rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng】
Characters in this word
5人
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person; people, CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]
- Pinyin
- rén
- Strokes
- 2
- Frequency
- 30 of 2500
是
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to be (followed by substantives only), correct; right; true, (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well, (adverb for emphatic assertion)
- Pinyin
- shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5 of 2500
铁
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surname Tie
- Pinyin
- Tiě
- Traditional
- 鐵
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 4600 of 2500
饭
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cooked rice, CL:碗[wan3], meal, CL:頓|顿[dun4], (loanword) fan, devotee
- Pinyin
- fàn
- Traditional
- 飯
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 3361 of 2500
钢
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steel
- Pinyin
- gāng
- Traditional
- 鋼
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 17758 of 2500