箪瓢屡罄 (簞瓢屢罄) dān piáo lǚ qìng

dān piáo lǚ qìng set phrase scoop was often empty
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Notes: For example, in the poem 自祭文 “Requiem for Myself” by 陶潛 Tao Qian, Scroll 7 of 陶淵明集 Tao Yuanming Collected Poems (Guoyu '簞瓢屢空'; Pollard 2002, p. 29)