4 characters Idiom and proverb 5 79

Progress in Chinese starts with characters, then words, finally idioms. Here’s a free look at 「牛衣對泣」 and its explanation.

This introduction highlights the idiom 「牛衣對泣」, with its meaning and examples explained below.

Sleeping in cowhide, crying to each other. Describes a couple living a poor life together.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

niú yī duì qì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

ngau4 yi1 deui3 yap1

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