yōng
sūn

idiom
literary

Meaning of 饔飧不继

饔飧不继 means to have no food to follow a meal; to be destitute; unable to make ends meet. Pronounced yōng sūn bù jì.

  • to have no food to follow a meal; to be destitute; unable to make ends meet

Definitions & Examples

jiā
jìng
pín
hán
 
yōng
sūn
 
kào
lín
jiē
 

His family was impoverished and unable to afford their next meal, relying on neighbors' charity to get by.

Zài
ge
nián
dài
 
duō
nóng
mín
guò
zhe
yōng
sūn
de
shēng
huó
 

In those years, many peasants lived a destitute existence where they never knew where their next meal would come from.