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Chinese idioms like 「火妻灰子」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.

Today, we explore the idiom 「火妻灰子」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Burning wife and killing children. Refers to destroying one’s family.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

huǒ qī huī zǐ

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

fo2 chai1 fui1 ji2

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