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衣食无虞

yī shí wú yúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
not having to worry about food and clothes (idiom) / provided with the basic necessities
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-03058a848c31dfc5. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

衣食無虞 衣食无虞 [yi1 shi2 wu2 yu2] /not having to worry about food and clothes (idiom)/provided with the basic necessities/

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Other forms in these source records: 衣食無虞

  • 衣
    yī

    clothes / CL:件[jiàn] / Kangxi radical 145

    yì

    to dress / to wear / to put on (clothes)

  • 食
    shí

    to eat / food / animal feed / eclipse

    sì

    to feed (a person or animal)

  • 无
    mó

    used in 南無|南无[nā mó]

    wú

    not to have / no / none / not / to lack / un- / -less

  • 虞
    yú

    (literary) to expect / to anticipate / (literary) to be concerned about / to be apprehensive / (literary) to deceive / to dupe

    Yú

    surname Yu

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.