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To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「靠天吃飯」 explained, free of charge.

Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「靠天吃飯」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.

Refers to relying on natural conditions to live.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

kào tiān chī fàn

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kaau3 tin1 yaak3 faan6

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