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Chinese study involves characters, phrases, and idioms. This resource introduces 「殘湯剩飯」 as part of advanced learning. Explanation below.

Today, we explore the idiom 「殘湯剩飯」. Below, we’ll cover its meaning and practical uses.

Refers to leftover food. It also refers to things given by others.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

cán tāng shèng fàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

chaan4 tong1 jing6 faan6

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