4 characters Idiom and proverb 6 617

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 「仰事俛畜」, with details below.

Let us introduce the Chinese idiom 「仰事俛畜」, with its explanation and usage provided below.

Generally refers to supporting a family. Same as “serve those above and raise animals below”.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

yǎng shì miǎn chù

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

yeung5 si6 min5 chuk1

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