There is nothing to support
In Chinese, the Pinyin is k ā NGD ò UB ù sh à n, which means living in poverty. It comes from the biography of Gongyu in the book of Han by Ban Gu in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Idiom: the chaff does not support
Explanation: even if you eat bran grains, you can't afford it. Life is very poor.
There is nothing to support
sell one 's birthright for a pottage of lentils - wèi xiǎo shī dà