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How to Say “Dirty Poor” in Chinese

by | Jun 9, 2016

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吃 (chī): to eat
土 (tǔ): earth; mud

When we refer to someone as as having to 吃土 (chī tǔ) in Chinese, we’re saying that they’re so poor that they can only “eat earth”.

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