三旬九食(sān xún jiǔ shí): lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
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Word information
- Pinyin
- sān xún jiǔ shí
- Meaning
- lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
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Related words
Common words sharing a character with 三旬九食 — tap one to open its word page.
variant of 一唱三叹
(idiom) (of literature or music) concise yet deeply evocative; inviting repeated savoring
a single day apart seems like three seasons (idiom)
to have three meals a day
lit. one strong beat and three weak beats in a measure of music (four beats in the bar)…
calligraphic flourish with many twists
pseudoginseng (Panax pseudoginseng), hemostatic herb
ratio seventy to thirty
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