4 characters Idiom and proverb 28 917

Learning Chinese grows from characters to words and then idioms. We’ve created free tools to help you master idioms like 「雞鳴饁耕」, explained here.

We’re presenting the idiom 「雞鳴饁耕」 this time—its explanation and use are detailed below.

A metaphor for women who manage their household diligently and frugally.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

jī míng yè gēng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

gai1 ming4 yip3 gaang1

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