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Our goal is to provide you with free Chinese learning tools. This series highlights idioms and proverbs, full of meaning and adaptable to many contexts. The featured idiom is 「貧賤之交」, with details below.

The featured idiom 「貧賤之交」 is explained here, including its meaning and how to use it.

A close friend made in times of poverty.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

pín jiàn zhī jiāo

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

pan4 jin6 ji1 gaau1

Chinese idioms encompass an enormous variety, each rich in its meanings and uses. We’ve compiled these resources to support your efforts in learning the language.