食不果腹

shíbùguǒfù

食不果腹 — shíbùguǒfù

  1. lit. food not filling the stomach; fig. poverty-stricken, unable to get enough to eat

    他失业了,家里常常食不果腹。 tā shīyè le jiālǐ chángcháng shíbùguǒfù — He lost his job and the family often went hungry.