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The Chinese journey moves from characters to idioms. This free tool explores 「食前方丈」, detailing its meaning and use.

Today, we explore the idiom 「食前方丈」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Abbot: one zhang square. When eating, the square area in front of me was filled with food. Used to describe eating lavishly.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shí qián fāng zhàng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

sik6 chin4 fong1 jeung6

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