ㄈㄢˋfànㄑㄧㄡˇqiǔㄖㄨˊㄘㄠˇcǎo

  1. 形容東西粗陋比喻貧賤孟子·盡心》:飯糗茹草終身。」三國·曹丕受禪〉:大舜飯糗茹草終身。」

lit. to live on dry provisions and wild herbs (idiom)​, fig. to live in abject poverty