Chinese idioms like 「窮閻漏屋」 represent a high level of language skill. This free guide helps you learn their meaning and use.
Here’s the idiom 「窮閻漏屋」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Poor house: a remote alley; leaky house: the same as “lou”, a small house. Refers to a remote and small residence.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qióng yán lòu wū
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
kung4 yim4 lau6 uk1
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