卖红薯的丢了干粮，硬啃賣紅薯的丟了乾糧，硬啃賣紅薯的丟了乾糧，硬啃

the sweet-potato seller loses his food: has to gnaw away

Saying俗语俗語

Two-part saying歇后语歇後語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: With no other option, you have to push through a difficulty by sheer effort.

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Simplified: 卖红薯的丢了干粮，硬啃
Traditional (Taiwan): 賣紅薯的丟了乾糧，硬啃
Pinyin: mài hóngshǔ de diū le gānliáng, yìng kěn
Bopomofo: ㄇㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄥˊ ㄕㄨˇ ˙ㄉㄜㄉㄧㄡ ˙ㄌㄜㄍㄢㄌㄧㄤˊ，ㄧㄥˋ ㄎㄣˇ

Written with HSK 7-9 vocabulary, at CEFR level C1.

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