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反裘负刍

fǎn qiú fù chúdictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
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
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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-12b4d59096eab90f. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

反裘負芻 反裘负刍 [fan3 qiu2 fu4 chu2] /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/

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Other forms in these source records: 反裘負芻

  • 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[fǎn qiè] phonetic system

  • 裘
    qiú

    fur / fur coat

    Qiú

    surname Qiu

  • 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

Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.