汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 衣單食薄
衣單食薄 (衣单食薄)
thin coat, meager food (idiom); life of wretched poverty / destitute
The clothes are thin and there is very little food / Describe the hardship of life
衣裳单薄,食物很少。形容生活困苦。
yī/yì () dān/chán/shàn shí/sì báo/bó/bò
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

我过着衣单食薄的生活,我的预算非常少,几乎没钱买衣服。

I live on a shoestring. I have a very small budget and little money to spend on clothes.