討飯 [讨饭]

Jyutping tou2 faan6
Pinyin tǎo fàn

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to ask for food
  2. to beg
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞、書面語
    同​乞食
    to beg for food
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to beg for food
    (syn.) 討飯, 討米, 要飯, 討食, 乞食, 乞米, 搝米
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    除死无大事，讨饭到了家。
    除死無大事，討飯到了家。
    chú sǐ wú dà shì ， tǎo fàn dào liǎo jiā 。
    • When only death remains, the last resort is to beg for food.