cry from hunger and cold
It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is h á oh á NT í J ī, which means a miserable life of starvation and cold. From Jin Xue Jie by Han Yu of Tang Dynasty.
Han Yu's Jin Xue Jie (Jin Xue Jie) in the Tang Dynasty: "children cry in the warm winter, but they cry in the cold, and they cry in the rich years. All the fingers in the world carry empty bags. Song Gaodeng's Ci Fu Jin
cry from hunger and cold
keep a tight rein on self and cut down on expense - jǐn shēn jié yòng
the dog of jie barked at yao-utterly unscrupulous in its zeal to serve its master - jié quǎn fèi yáo