Definitions

1. 1. nothing but herb soup and dry provisions to eat (idiom); to survive on a coarse diet
2. 2. à la guerre comme à la guerre

Components

• 羹 gēng – soup
• 藜 lí – name of weed plant (fat hen, goosefoot, pigweed etc)
• 含 hán – to keep
• 糗 Qiǔ – surname Qiu