have little food to eat

have little food to eat

Food is not enough to satisfy one's hunger, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is sh í B ù ch ō NGJ ī, which means to describe hardship and poverty, barely making ends meet. It comes from Song Liu of the Southern Dynasty or Li Jin Xi Wang Si Zhao.

The origin of Idioms

Liu of the Southern Song Dynasty or lijinxi King's imperial edict said, "if you don't have a warm body, you can't eat enough to satisfy your hunger

Analysis of Idioms

Synonyms: lack of food, lack of appetite

Idiom usage

We don't want to live without food any more