We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「落魄不偶」, with its usage explained below.
For this session, we will be discussing the idiom 「落魄不偶」. See below for its meaning and practical usage.
An ancient superstitious belief is that even numbers are good and odd numbers are bad. Down and out: unlucky and destitute; unlucky: bad luck.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
luò pò bù ǒu
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lok6 paak3 bat1 ngau5
There’s no shortage of Chinese idioms, each offering unique meanings and ways to use them. This guide is here to assist you as you improve your understanding of the language.
