箪瓢屡罄 (簞瓢屢罄) dān piáo lǚ qìng
dān piáo lǚ qìng
set phrase
scoop was often empty
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: For example, in the poem 自祭文 “Requiem for Myself” by 陶潛 Tao Qian, Scroll 7 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Guoyu '簞瓢屢空'; Pollard 2002, p. 29)
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- 卷之七 疏祭文 Scroll 7: Memorials Tao Yuanming Collected Poems 陶淵明集 — count: 1