| 食 |
shí tú wò jí | to eat bitter fruit and lie on thorns (idiom); to share the hard life of the common people |
| 食 |
shí | to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse |
| 食 |
sì | to feed (a person or animal) |
| 荼 |
tú | thistle / common sowthistle (Sonchus oleraceus) / bitter (taste) / cruel / flowering grass in profusion |
| 卧 |
wò | to lie / to crouch |
| 棘 |
jí | thorns |