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砚田之食
硯田之食
yàntiánzhīshí
1. to make a living by writing (idiom)

Character Breakdown

砚
yàn
inkstone
9 丶
田
tián
field, farm, arable land; cultivated
HSK 6 5 丶
之
zhī
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
HSK 4 3 丶
食
shí
food; to eat
HSK 5 9 丶

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