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The idiom 「養家活口」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.

To support a family.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǎng jiā huó kǒu

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yeung5 ga1 wut6 hau2

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