英文词汇“牵萝补屋”的读音、释义、例句、中文翻译及雅思托福GRE难词速记-英汉词典

单词

牵萝补屋

释义

牵萝补屋qiān luó bǔ wū

pull the vines to mend the leaky roof—live in poverty and have to make up for one thing at the expense of another; make do; resort to an improvised makeshift
❍ 荷镵诛茅，～，日以为常。(《聊斋志异·红玉》) Day by day she would shoulder her hoe and work in the fields,or employ herself in mending the roof，…/侍婢卖珠回，牵萝补茅屋。(杜甫《佳人》) …She has sent|Her maid to sell bits of jewellery for food,|When returning,help her to pull vines|And mend the broken hut; …

牵萝补屋qiān luó bǔ wū

萝：女萝，一种植物名。把女萝的藤蔓牵引到房顶来遮挡漏洞。比喻生活困难，将就凑合着过下去。be of no help, make do, resort to an improvised make shift

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