Chinese begins with basics like characters, builds up to words, and reaches idioms. This free resource introduces advanced idioms like 「饑寒交湊」, with details below.
Learn about the idiom 「饑寒交湊」: its definition and how it’s used are detailed here.
Without food or clothing, I was hungry and cold. Describes living in extreme poverty. Same as “starving and cold”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qí hán jiāo còu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gei1 hon4 gaau1 chau3
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