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讨饭

tǎo fàn

2-character word Traditional 討飯

What 讨饭 means

1. to ask for food
2. to beg

The characters in 讨饭

• 讨tǎoto invite; to provoke; to demand or ask for
• 饭fàncooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan

Example sentences

• 除死无大事，讨饭到了家。
  Chú sǐ wú dàshì, tǎofàn dào le jiā.
  When only death remains, the last resort is to beg for food.