食荼臥棘 Chinese English dictionary 食荼臥棘 translate 食荼臥棘 pinyin

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食荼臥棘

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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
食荼臥棘 shítúwòjí	食荼臥棘 \| 食荼臥棘* \| *食荼臥棘	to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people	食荼卧棘

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
食	食 \| 食* \| *食	9画食飠 + 0	shí, sì, yì	eat; meal; food; Kangxi radical 184	sik6	8073.2 OIAV


荼	荼 \| 荼* \| *荼	10画艸艹 + 7	tú, chá, shū, yé	thistle, sowthistle; bitter	tou4	4490.4 TOMD


臥	臥 \| 臥* \| *臥	8画臣 + 2	wò	lie down; crouch	ngo6	7870.0 SLO


棘	棘 \| 棘* \| *棘	12画木 + 8	jí	jujube tree; thorns, brambles	gik1	5599.2 DBDB

Word decomposition:

Traditional		English Definition
食荼臥棘 shítúwòjí	食荼臥棘 \| 食荼臥棘* \| *食荼臥棘	to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people


食 shí	食 \| 食* \| *食	to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse


食 sì	食 \| 食* \| *食	to feed (a person or animal)


荼　tú	荼 \| 荼* \| *荼	thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion


臥　　wò	臥 \| 臥* \| *臥	to lie / to crouch


棘　　　jí	棘 \| 棘* \| *棘	thorns