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The idiom being introduced now is 「蓬戶甕牖」. Below, you’ll find its meaning and usage examples.
The door was made of straw and the windows were made of broken jars. Refers to a poor family.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
péng hù wèng yǒu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
pung4 wu6 ung3 yau5
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