食荼卧棘 shi2 tu2 wo4 ji2

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

Traditional: 食荼臥棘

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English Phonetic: 'idiәm
Detailed Definition: n. an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up