Chinese English Dictionary Online

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  • surname Qiu
  • dry rations (for a journey)
  • (dialect) (of noodles etc) to become mush (from overcooking)
  • (coll.) embarrassing
  • embarrassment
Trad. 糗糧
  • dry rations
  • (coll.) to have sth embarrassing happen
  • nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  • à la guerre comme à la guerre
  • nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
  • à la guerre comme à la guerre
Trad. 飯糗茹草
  • lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)
  • fig. to live in abject poverty

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