| 反裘负刍 |
fǎn qiú fù chú |
lit. to wear one's coat inside out and carry firewood on one's back (idiom) / fig. to live a life of poverty and hard work / fig. to act stupidly |
| 反 |
fǎn |
contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system |
| 裘 |
Qiú |
surname Qiu |
| 裘 |
qiú |
fur / fur coat |
| 负 |
fù |
to bear / to carry (on one's back) / to turn one's back on / to be defeated / negative (math. etc) |
| 刍 |
chú |
to mow or cut grass / hay / straw / fodder |