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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 三旬九食 [ㄙㄢ ㄒㄩㄣˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄕˊ; san1 xun2 jiu3 shi2]
 in thirty days only nine meals (idiom); family on the brink of starvation
 in dire straights
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