食荼卧棘 in English shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2 Meaning

Meanings

  • to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiomatic expression); to share the hard life of the common people

Simplified Characters

食 荼 卧 棘

Traditional Characters

食 荼 臥 棘

Pinyin

shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

食shi2to eat 荼tu2thistle 卧wo4to lie 棘ji2thorns