食不果腹

shíbùguǒfù

have not enough food in one's belly; go hungry

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食不果腹

shí bù guǒ fù

have little food to eat; have not sufficient food to eat; insufficient food at meals; not to have enough food to eat:

食不果腹， 衣不蔽体 having not enough food and clothes

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食不果腹|食不果腹 [shí bù guǒ fù] ► lit. food not filling the stomach (idiom) ► fig. poverty-stricken