to be without food or clothing (idiom); to be very poor
trad. 沒吃沒穿
Also written 沒吃沒穿【méi chī méi chuān】
Characters in this word
3没
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(negative prefix for verbs) have not; not
- Pinyin
- méi
- Traditional
- 沒
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 58 of 2500
吃
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to eat; to consume, to eat at (a cafeteria etc), to eradicate; to destroy, to absorb, to suffer (shock, injury, defeat etc)
- Pinyin
- chī
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 143 of 2500
穿
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to bore through; to pierce; to perforate, to go through (e.g. a tunnel); to cross (e.g. a street), to thread; to string together, to wear; to put on (clothes, shoes etc.), verb complement indicating thoroughness or completion
- Pinyin
- chuān
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 414 of 2500