Chinese idioms like 「分身減口」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
Let’s dive into the idiom 「分身減口」. Its definition and application are outlined below.
It refers to the famine years in the old days, when in order to reduce the burden on the family and maintain their livelihood, families with a large population would send some of their people away to escape the famine. Same as “divide the rooms and reduce the number of people”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
fèn shēn jiǎn kǒu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
fan1 san1 gaam2 hau2
The vastness of Chinese idioms, with their many meanings and applications, is inspiring. We hope these resources will guide you in your language-learning adventure.
