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人是铁饭是钢 (人是鐵飯是鋼)

rén shì tiě fàn shì gāng

Definition

  1. one can't function properly on an empty stomach (idiom)
  2. an empty sack cannot stand upright

Character Decomposition

人
=
人
是
=
日
+
一
+
龰
铁
=
钅
+
失
饭
=
饣
+
反
是
=
钅
+
冈

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