to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people
trad. 食荼臥棘
Also written 食荼臥棘【shí tú wò jí】
Characters in this word
4食
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to eat, food, animal feed, eclipse
- Pinyin
- shí
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 9712 of 2500
荼
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thistle, common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus), bitter (taste), cruel, flowering grass in profusion
- Pinyin
- tú
- Strokes
- 10
卧
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to lie, to crouch
- Pinyin
- wò
- Traditional
- 臥
- Strokes
- 8
棘
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thorns
- Pinyin
- jí
- Strokes
- 12