From basics to advanced idioms, Chinese study culminates with phrases like 「國耳忘家」. Explore their meaning and use in this free guide.
This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「國耳忘家」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
It means forgetting one’s family for the sake of national affairs. Same as “forgetting one’s family for the sake of one’s country”.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
guó ěr wàng jiā
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
gwok3 yi5 mong4 ga1
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