断齑画粥　

◎ 断齑画粥 duànjī-huàzhōu

[eat sparingly because of poverty] 齑:酱菜或腌菜之类。《湖山野录》载宋代名臣范仲淹少时贫,在僧舍读书时日煮粟二升,作粥一器,经宿遂凝,以刀画四块,早晚取二块,断齑数十茎而食之。后以“断齑画粥”喻刻苦力学