have little food to eat

have little food to eat

It is a Chinese idiom. Pinyin is sh í B ù ch ō ngch á ng, which means to describe hardship and poverty, barely making ends meet. It comes from Xie Shangbiao, governor of Tongzhou, written by Yuan Zhen of Tang Dynasty.

Idiom usage

Life is hard. Life is hard

Analysis of Idioms

Food is not enough to satisfy hunger

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Zhen of the Tang Dynasty wrote "the governor of Tongzhou lost his father when he was eight years old, and his family was poor and unemployed. His mother and brother beggars supported him with money, but they didn't have enough clothes and food."

Idiom explanation

To describe hardship and poverty, to make ends meet. It is the same as "food is not enough to satisfy hunger".