Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「食少事煩」, as shown below.
The idiom 「食少事煩」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
I eat very little every day, but I have a lot of work to do. Describes hard work and poor health.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
shí shǎo shì fán
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
sik6 siu2 si6 faan4
There are a countless number of Chinese idioms, each with unique meanings and applications. We’ve provided these resources to help guide you as you dive deeper into learning Chinese.

